Occupational burnout: A cross-cultural Israeli Jewish-Arab perspective and its implications for career counselling

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-106

  Malach Pines, Ayala ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnout; Career counselling; Cross cultural management; Cultural diversity; Israel; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059588     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310465516     Document Type: Article

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