Investigating the antecedents and consequences of burnout and isolation among flight attendants

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 868-874

  Chen, Ching Fu ^a   Kao, Ya Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Burnout; Colleague isolation; Flight attendants; Job demands resources model; Job performance

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EQUATION; MODELING;

EID: 84856495546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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