Mediating effects of emotional exhaustion on the relationship between job demand-control model and mental health

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Yu Hwa ^a   Du, Pey Lan ^b   Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Yang, Chin Ann ^c   Huang, Ing Chung ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Kinmen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^c SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

emotional exhaustion; job demands control model; mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; JOB DEMAND CONTROL MODEL; JOB FINDING; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKFLOW; ADULT; BURNOUT; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954536496     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1340     Document Type: Article

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