The Influence of Emotional Dissonance on Subjective Health and Job Satisfaction: Testing the Stress-Strain-Outcome Model

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3192-3217

  Cheung, Francis ^a   Tang, Catherine ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 78650215548     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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