Linking job demands and resources to employee engagement and burnout: A theoretical extension and meta-analytic test

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 834-848

  Crawford, Eean R ^a   LePine, Jeffery A ^a   Rich, Bruce Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Challenge and hindrance stress; Employee engagement; Job demands and resources; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77957341507     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019364     Document Type: Article

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