Expanding the link between core self-evaluations and affective job attitudes

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-166

  Stumpp, Thorsten ^a   Hülsheger, Ute R ^b   Muck, Peter M ^a   Maier, Günter W ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action identification; Core self evaluations; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Task significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449602403     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320802281110     Document Type: Article

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