How job demands affect an intimate partner: A test of the spillover-crossover model in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-248

  Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crossover; Depression; Job demands; Spillover crossover model; Well being; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949107591     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8160     Document Type: Article

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