Differential Effect of Inter-Role Conflict on Proactive Individual's Experience of Burnout

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-254

  Jawahar, I M ^a   Kisamore, Jennifer L ^b   Stone, Thomas H ^c   Rahn, Douglas L ^d  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TULSA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Family work conflict; Inter role conflict; Proactive personality; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861226539     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9234-5     Document Type: Article

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