The relationship between 'workaholism', basic needs satisfaction at work and personality

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Andreassen, Cecilie Schou ^a,b   Hetland, Jørn ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basic needs satisfaction at work; Big five; Self determination theory; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649083461     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.737     Document Type: Article

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