Voluntary or involuntary? Control over overtime and rewards for overtime in relation to fatigue and work satisfaction

Work and Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-50

  Beckers, Debby G J ^a   Van Der Linden, Dimitri ^a   Smulders, Peter G W ^b   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compulsory; Fatigue; Mandatory; Overtime work; Rewards; Work hours; Work satisfaction; Work related stress; Worktime control

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949108726     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370801984927     Document Type: Article

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