Workplace stress factors and ‘burnout’ among information technology professionals: A systematic review

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-297

  Maudgalya, Tushyati ^a   Wallace, Scott ^a   Daraiseh, Nancy ^a   Salem, Sam ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee burnout; IT professionals; IT work place stress factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007816012     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500090638     Document Type: Article

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