Emotional job resources and emotional support seeking as moderators of the relation between emotional job demands and emotional exhaustion: A two-wave panel study

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Van de Ven, Bart ^a   van den Tooren, Marieke ^b   Vlerick, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Emotional support seeking; Job demands; Job resources; Technology sector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL JOB DEMAND; EMOTIONAL JOB RESOURCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SEEKING; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK; AGE; BURNOUT; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880490460     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030656     Document Type: Article

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