Organizational change in the public sector: Augmenting the demand control model to predict employee outcomes under New Public Management

Work and Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-352

  Noblet, Andrew ^a   Rodwell, John ^b   Mcwilliams, John ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation of resources; Coping; Demand Control Support model; Job strain; New Public Management; Organizational change; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845512561     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370601050648     Document Type: Article

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