Unemployed individuals' work values and job flexibility: An explanation from expectancy-value theory and self-determination theory

Applied Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-317

  Van den Broeck, Anja ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Lens, Willy ^a   De Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77949613954     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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