An investigation of the influences of job autonomy and neuroticism on job stressor-strain relations

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1007-1020

  Tai, Wei Tao ^a   Liu, Shih Chen ^b  

^a CHIHLEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job autonomy; Job strain; Job stress; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649033072     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1007     Document Type: Article

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