Predicting employees' satisfaction and burnout from managers' attachment and caregiving orientations

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 828-849

  Ronen, Sigalit ^a   Mikulincer, Mario ^b  

^a Trident University International   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Burnout; Caregiving orientations; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868688286     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.595561     Document Type: Article

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