Emotional exhaustion and job performance: The moderating roles of distributive justice and positive affect

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 787-809

  Janssen, Onne ^a   Lam, Catherine K ^b   Huang, Xu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 78649476005     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.614     Document Type: Article

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