Job characteristics, the experience of excessive demands, and depression;Psychosoziale merkmale der arbeit, überforderungserleben und depressivität

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-203

  Rösler, Ulrike ^a   Stephan, Ute ^a   Hoffmann, Katja ^a   Morling, Katja ^a   Müller, Anett ^a   Rau, Renate ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Effort reward imbalance model; excessive demands; Job demand control support model; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149085015     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.52.4.191     Document Type: Article

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