Can "Good" Stressors Spark "Bad" Behaviors? The Mediating Role of Emotions in Links of Challenge and Hindrance Stressors With Citizenship and Counterproductive Behaviors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1438-1451

  Rodell, Jessica B ^a   Judge, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

affective events theory; emotions; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; EXTRAVERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 72249121847     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016752     Document Type: Article

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