Is burnout static or dynamic? A career transition perspective of employee burnout trajectories

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-650

  Dunford, Benjamin B ^a   Shipp, Abbie J ^b   Wayne Boss, R ^c   Angermeier, Ingo ^d   Boss, Alan D ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Career transitions; Change; Time; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREER MOBILITY; DEPERSONALIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; TIME;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER MOBILITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPERSONALIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867053515     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027060     Document Type: Article

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