Burnout and physical health among social workers: A three-year longitudinal study

Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-268

  Kim, Hansung ^a   Ji, Juye ^b   Kao, Dennis ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Longitudinal data; Physical health; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961047034     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/56.3.258     Document Type: Article

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