Social strategies during university studies predict early career work burnout and engagement: 18-year longitudinal study

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-157

  Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early career; Latent growth curve modeling; Longitudinal; Social handicapping; Social optimism; Social strategies; Social withdrawal; Work burnout; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958027317     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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