Long-term patterns of effort-reward imbalance and over-commitment: Investigating occupational well-being and recovery experiences as outcomes

Work and Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-87

  Feldt, Taru ^a   Huhtala, Mari ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^b   Hyvönen, Katriina ^a   Mäkikangas, Anne ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

burnout; control; effort reward imbalance; mastery; over commitment; psychological detachment; recovery; relaxation; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874525613     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2013.765670     Document Type: Article

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