Not all job demands are equal: Differentiating job hindrances and job challenges in the job demands-resources model

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-759

  van den Broeck, Anja ^a   de Cuyper, Nele ^a   de Witte, Hans ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burnout; Engagement; Job demands resources model; Job hindrances; Jobchallenges

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649583454     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903223839     Document Type: Article

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