Crossover of Work Engagement Among Japanese Couples: Perspective Taking by Both Partners

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-125

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Shimazu, Akihito ^b   Demerouti, Evangelia ^c   Shimada, Kyoko ^b   Kawakami, Norito ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contagion; Crossover; Empathy; Employee engagement; Perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPOUSE; WORK ENGAGEMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONS; SPOUSES;

EID: 79851487014     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021297     Document Type: Article

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