Psychological and physiological reactions to high workloads: Implications for well-being

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-436

  Ilies, Remus ^a   Dimotakis, Nikolaos ^a   De Pater, Irene E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77954078567     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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