Reinforcement sensitivity theory and occupational health: BAS and BIS on the job

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1127-1138

  van der Linden, Dimitri ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Beckers, Debby G J ^a   Kindt, Kirsten B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BAS; BIS; Fatigue; Individual differences; Job satisfaction; Personality; Punishment sensitivity; Reward sensitivity; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846376539     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

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