Exploring links between polychronicity and well-being from the perspective of person-job fit: Does it matter if you prefer to do only one thing at a time?

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-178

  Hecht, Tracy D ^a   Allen, Natalie J ^b  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Multi tasking; Polychronicity; Positive and negative affect; Psychological strain; Self efficacy; Supplies values fit; Time use preferences; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744517550     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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