Does loyalty protect chinese workers from stress? the role of affective organizational commitment in the greater China region

Stress and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Lu, Luo ^a   Siu, Oi Ling ^b   Lu, Chang Qin ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Chinese employees; Job satisfaction; Work stressors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFLICT; EMPLOYEE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; TAIWAN; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953602184     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1286     Document Type: Article

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