Relationship between role stress and job performance in salespeople employed by travel agents in Taiwan

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-223

  Chang, Te Yi ^a   Chang, Yu Lien ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

^b CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job performance; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Role stress; Travel agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249794604     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.2.211     Document Type: Article

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