The Effect of Work Stress on Job Burnout Among Teachers: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 701-708

  Yu, Xiaobo ^a   Wang, Pengyuan ^b   Zhai, Xuesong ^c,d   Dai, Hong ^e   Yang, Qun ^e  

^a ANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Job burnout; Self efficacy; Structural equation modeling; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930931801     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-014-0716-5     Document Type: Article

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