Psychological capital: A positive resource for combating employee stress and turnover

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-693

  Avey, James B ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b   Jensen, Susan M ^c  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Positive psychological capital; Stress; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049092356     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20294     Document Type: Article

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