Work engagement or burnout: Which comes first? A meta-analysis of longitudinal evidence

Burnout Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-43

  Maricuțoiu, Laurențiu P ^a   Sulea, Coralia ^a   Iancu, Alina ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cross lagged relationships; Meta analysis; Review; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT VARIABLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BURNOUT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB STRESS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

EID: 85019059229     PISSN: 22130586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burn.2017.05.001     Document Type: Review

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