Mediator and moderator effects of demands on self-control in the relationship between work load and indicators of job strain

Work and Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-79

  Diestel, Stefan ^a   Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action Regulation Theory; Anxiety; Emotional exhaustion; Qualitative work load; Quantitative work load; Self control demands; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449380247     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370902846686     Document Type: Article

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