How need for cognition and perceived control are differentially linked to emotional outcomes in the transition to retirement

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-332

  Bye, Dorothea ^a   Pushkar, Dolores ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities; Coping; Need for cognition; Perceived control; Personality; Positive and negative affect; Transition to retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349085510     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9135-3     Document Type: Article

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