Exploring the relationship between social support and job burnout among correctional staff

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1217-1236

  Lambert, Eric G ^a   Altheimer, Irshad ^a   Hogan, Nancy L ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; correctional staff; coworker support; family and friends support; management support; social support; supervisory support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957279934     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810379552     Document Type: Article

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