Job aspects in the School Psychology Service: Empirically distinct associations with positive challenge at work, perceived control at work, and job attitudes

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-72

  Idsoe, Thormod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 33745728165     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320500411514     Document Type: Article

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