Ten years on: A review of recent research on the Job Demand-Control (-Support) model and psychological well-being

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-35

  Häusser, Jan Alexander ^a   Mojzisch, Andreas ^a   Niesel, Miriam ^a   Schulz Hardt, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Buffer hypothesis; Job demand control ( support) model; Job satisfaction; Psychological well being; Review; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951062386     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678371003683747     Document Type: Article

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