Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age, job complexity, and work performance

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 374-386

  Zacher, Hannes ^a   Heusner, Sandra ^b   Schmitz, Michael ^b   Zwierzanska, Monika M ^b   Frese, Michael ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age; Focus on opportunities; Job complexity; Moderated mediation; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951023910     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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