The influence of constructive and destructive leadership behaviors on follower burnout

Burnout at Work: A Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 102-121

  Breevaart, Kimberley ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a,b   Hetland, Jørn ^c   Hetland, Hilde ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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