Passion for Work and Emotional Exhaustion: The Mediating Role of Rumination and Recovery

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-368

  Donahue, Eric G ^a   Forest, Jacques ^a   Vallerand, Robert J ^a   Lemyre, Pierre Nicolas ^b   Crevier Braud, Laurence ^a   Bergeron, Éliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Passion; Recovery; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE; OBSESSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSES; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867852611     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2012.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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