Assessing longitudinal change of and dynamic relationships among role stressors, job attitudes, turnover intention, and well-being in neophyte newcomers

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 652-671

  Vandenberghe, Christian ^a   Panaccio, Alexandra ^a   Bentein, Kathleen ^b   Mignonac, Karim ^c   Roussel, Patrice ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c France Business Science Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Change; Job attitudes; Role stressors; Turnover intention; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954596312     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.732     Document Type: Article

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