Warr's scale of job-related affective well-being: A longitudinal examination of its structure and relationships with work characteristics

Work and Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-219

  Mäkikangas, Anne ^a   Feldt, Taru ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Curvilinearity longitudinal research managers; Job related affective well being; Personality; Vitamin Model; Work characteristics; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WELLBEING;

EID: 35948959031     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370701662151     Document Type: Article

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