Job resources and flow at work: Modelling the relationship via latent growth curve and mixture model methodology

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 795-814

  Mäkikangas, Anne ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Aunola, Kaisa ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78049515600     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X476333     Document Type: Article

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