Psychosocial safety climate, emotional demands, burnout, and depression: A longitudinal multilevel study in the Malaysian private sector

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 291-302

  Idris, Mohd Awang ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^b   Yulita, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Depression; Emotional demands; Job stress; Psychosocial safety climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL SAFETY CLIMATE; SELF REPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; EMOTION; FEMALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84903597845     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036599     Document Type: Article

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