'I'm so Stressed!': A Longitudinal Model of Stress, Burnout and Engagement among Social Workers in Child Welfare Settings

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1076-1095

  Travis, Dnika J ^a,b   Lizano, Erica Leeanne ^c   Mor Barak, Michàlle E ^c  

^a Catalyst   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; employee disengagement; exit seeking behaviours; job stress; work withdrawal; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977138902     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct205     Document Type: Article

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