Self-oriented, other-oriented, and socially prescribed perfectionism in employees: Relationships with burnout and engagement

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-281

  Childs, Julian H ^a   Stoeber, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Employees; Engagement; Perfectionism; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249290292     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2010.518486     Document Type: Article

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