Personal control antidotes to the strain consequences of generational conflict as a stressor: A two-study constructive replication and extension

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-486

  Hochwarter, Wayne A ^a   Rogers, Laci M ^a   Summers, James K ^b   Meurs, James A ^c   Perrewé, Pamela L ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Employees; Job satisfaction; Stress; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350345496     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910989852     Document Type: Article

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