Obsessive Passion as an Explanation for Burnout: An Alternative Theoretical Perspective Applied to Humanitarian Work

The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-114

  Tassell, Natasha ^a   Flett, Ross ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85007955441     PISSN: 13238922     EISSN: 18386059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/jrc.13.2.101     Document Type: Article

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