Employment insecurity, workplace justice and employees' burnout in Taiwanese employees: A validation study

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-401

  Cheng, Yawen ^a   Huang, Hsun Yin ^a   Li, Pei Rong ^a   Hsu, Jin Huei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employment insecurity; Reliability; Taiwan; Validity; Workplace injustice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84857036257     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9152-y     Document Type: Article

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