"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater!" Interpersonal strain at work and burnout

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 875-898

  Borgogni, Laura ^a   Consiglio, Chiara ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Interpersonal strain; Interpersonal Strain at Work Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868701699     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.598653     Document Type: Article

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