Influence of job demands, job control and social support on information systems professionals' psychological well-being

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-528

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b   Standing, Craig ^c   Themistocleous, Marinos ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Occupational psychology; Stress; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748859151     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720710820026     Document Type: Article

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