Production uncertainty as a contextual moderator of employee reactions to job design

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 456-463

  Wright, Brett M ^a,b   Cordery, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b C/O 6 Spalding Crescent ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK;

EID: 0033137345     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.3.456     Document Type: Article

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