Self-Control Demands: A Source of Stress at Work

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-416

  Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a   Neubach, Barbara ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

job strain; role ambiguity; self control demands

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149058833     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.4.398     Document Type: Article

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