Examining occupational self-efficacy, work locus of control and communication as moderators of the job insecurity-job performance relationship

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-247

  König, Cornelius J ^a   Debus, Maike E ^a   Häusler, Stéphanie ^a,b   Lendenmann, Nora ^a,c   Kleinmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Trafigura Beheer BV   (Switzerland)

^c ISS Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buffer variable; Conservation of resources theory; In role behaviour; Job security; Organizational citizenship behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951018129     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09358629     Document Type: Article

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