An examination of academic burnout versus work engagement among Taiwanese adolescents

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-298

  Shih, Shu Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Academic burnout; Achievement goals; Perfectionism; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863633694     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2011.629695     Document Type: Article

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