The Impact of Work Setting Congruence on Well-Being

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-168

  Lachterman, Boris ^a   Meir, Elchanan I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burnout; Congruence; Holland's theory; Occupational congruence; Satisfaction; Somatic complaints; Work conditions; Work setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142832126     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072703257753     Document Type: Article

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