A comprehensive test of the job demands-control interaction: Comparing two measures of job characteristics

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-114

  Mansell, Angela ^a   Brough, Paula ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 24644454683     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10519990500048579     Document Type: Review

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