Effort-Reward Imbalance and Overcommitment: Predicting Strain in Academic Employees in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-395

  Kinman, Gail ^a   Jones, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic employees; effort reward imbalance; faculty; overcommitment; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149486648     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013213     Document Type: Article

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