Does gender moderate the effects of role stress in frontline service jobs?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1087-1093

  Karatepe, Osman M ^a   Yavas, Ugur ^b   Babakus, Emin ^c   Avci, Turgay ^d  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d TRNC Parliament ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; Role stress; Self efficacy; Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751172939     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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