Job insecurity and well-being: Moderation by employability

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 739-751

  Silla, Inmaculada ^a   de Cuyper, Nele ^b   Gracia, Francisco J ^c   Peiró, José M ^c,d   de Witte, Hans ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Perceived employability; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049166825     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9119-0     Document Type: Article

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