Employees' well-being in greater China: The direct and moderating effects of general self-efficacy

Applied Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-301

  Siu, Oi Ling ^a   Lu, Chang Qin ^b   Spector, Paul E ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33947268107     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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