Social support, organisational support, and religious support in relation to burnout in expatriate humanitarian aid workers

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 671-686

  Eriksson, Cynthia B ^a   Bjorck, Jeff P ^a   Larson, Linnea C ^b   Walling, Sherry M ^c   Trice, Gary A ^a   Fawcett, John ^c   Abernethy, Alexis D ^a   Foy, David W ^a  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; humanitarian aid; organisational support; religious support; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855474878     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670903029146     Document Type: Article

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