Effort-reward imbalance, over-commitment and work-life conflict: Testing an expanded model

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 236-251

  Kinman, Gail ^a   Jones, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Personal health; Role conflict; Sociology of work; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749088941     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810861365     Document Type: Article

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