The role of affect as a mediator variable: An application to organizational psychology

Individual Differences Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-188

  Huelsman, Timothy J ^a   Munz, David C ^b   Furr, R Michael ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction; Mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649145870     PISSN: 1541745X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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