The effect of customer participation on service providers' job stress

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 891-905

  Hsieh, An Tien ^a   Yen, Chang Hua ^b  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EMPLOYMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; STRESS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 27544458553     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500134162     Document Type: Article

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