Psychological contract breach as a source of strain for employees

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-246

  Gakovic, Anika ^a,b   Tetrick, Lois E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Job dissatisfaction; Psychological contract breach

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043162867     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027301232116     Document Type: Article

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