Job stress and counterproductive work behaviour: Negative affectivity as a moderator

Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-492

  Salami, Samuel O ^a  

^a KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

CBW; Negative affect; Negative affectivity; Stress; Tteachers; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650153290     PISSN: 18185800     EISSN: 19936125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/sscience.2010.486.492     Document Type: Article

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