Does job standardization increase job burnout?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 590-614

  Hsieh, Yih Ming ^a   Hsieh, An Tien ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job design; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142137770     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310491107     Document Type: Article

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