In good company? A multi-study, multi-level investigation of the effects of coworker relationships on employee well-being

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 534-546

  Simon, Lauren S ^a   Judge, Timothy A ^a   Halvorsen Ganepola, Marie D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Coworker satisfaction; Experience sampling methodology; Job satisfaction; Spillover; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951024768     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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