Is burnout solely job-related? A critical comment

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 357-361

  Bianchi, Renzo ^a   Truchot, Didier ^a   Laurent, Eric ^a   Brisson, Romain ^a   Schonfeld, Irvin Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Chronic stress; Generic approach; Maslach Burnout Inventory; Occupational stress; Scope

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904107104     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12119     Document Type: Article

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