Relationships of functional flexibility with individual and work factors

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-129

  Van Den Berg, Peter T ^a   Van Der Velde, Mandy E G ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographics; Functional flexibility; Personality traits; Work perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044493938     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-005-6994-9     Document Type: Article

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