Role stressors, service worker job resourcefulness, and job outcomes: An empirical analysis

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-415

  Harris, Eric G ^a   Artis, Andrew B ^b   Walters, Jack H ^c   Licata, Jane W ^d  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job performance; Job resourcefulness; Job satisfaction; Personality; Role perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344462182     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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