The mediating role of psychological capital on the association between occupational stress and job burnout among bank employees in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2984-3001

  Li, Xirui ^a   Kan, Dan ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Shi, Meng ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Yang, Xiaoshi ^a   Wang, Jiana ^a   Wang, Lie ^a   Wu, Hui ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bank employees; Job burnout; Occupational stress; Psychological capital

Indexed keywords

BANKING; HUMAN CAPITAL; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKPLACE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANK EMPLOYEE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYEE; EXTRINSIC EFFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY GENERAL SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; OVERCOMMITMENT; PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; BANK ACCOUNT; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHINA; LIAONING;

ADULT; BANKING, PERSONAL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927634168     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120302984     Document Type: Article

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