The role of organizational communication and participation in reducing job insecurity and its negative association with work-related well-being

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-264

  Vander Elst, Tinne ^a   Baillien, Elfi ^a   de Cuyper, Nele ^a   de Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Need for recovery; Organizational communication; Organizational participation; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950994465     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09358372     Document Type: Article

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