The Effects of Workload, Role Ambiguity, and Social Support on Burnout Among Social Workers in Turkey

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-478

  Yürür, Senay ^a   Sarikaya, Muammer ^a  

^a YALOVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

burnout; role ambiguity; social support; social workers; workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867242049     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643107.2011.613365     Document Type: Article

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