Job demands, job control, strain and learning behavior: Review and research agenda

Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 132-150

  Taris, Toon W ^a   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781845423308.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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