Psychometric properties of the chinese version of the workaholism battery

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-183

  Huang, Jui Chieh ^a   Hu, Changya ^b   Wu, Tzong Chen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Reliability; Validity; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; WORK;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMERCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TRANSLATING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449089569     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980903472219     Document Type: Article

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