A 35-year follow-up study on burnout among finnish employees

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-360

  Hakanen, Jari J ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Jokisaari, Markku ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job demands resources model; Life course; Longitudinal research; Socioeconomic status; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB DEMAND; JOB RESOURCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; APTITUDE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960382101     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022903     Document Type: Article

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