Job satisfaction and/or job stress: The psychological consequences of working in 'high performance work organizations'

Current Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 809-828

  Kashefi, Max ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalization; Internalization; Job satisfaction; Job stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449337966     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392109342217     Document Type: Article

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