The relationship between task interdependency and role stress: A revisit of the job demands-control model

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-303

  Wong, Sze Sze ^a,b   DeSanctis, Gerardine ^a   Staudenmayer, Nancy ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 33846968828     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00689.x     Document Type: Review

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