Employability and employees' well-being: Mediation by job insecurity

Applied Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-509

  De Cuyper, Nele ^a   Bernhard Oettel, Claudia ^b   Berntson, Erik ^b   De Witte, Hans ^a   Alarco, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 44849132315     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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