A Longitudinal Test of the Job Demands-Resources Model among Australian University Academics

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-140

  Boyd, Carolyn M ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Pignata, Silvia ^a   Winefield, Anthony H ^a   Gillespie, Nicole ^c   Stough, Con ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 78650227384     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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