Which Identities Matter? A Mixed-Method Study of Group, Organizational, and Professional Identities and Their Relationship to Burnout

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 503-536

  Lammers, John C ^a   Atouba, Yannick L ^a   Carlson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; measurement; organizational identification; professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886548382     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318913498824     Document Type: Article

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