A three-wave study of job resources, self-efficacy, and work engagement among Italian schoolteachers

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-304

  Simbula, Silvia ^a   Guglielmi, Dina ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job resources; Self efficacy; Teachers; Three wave longitudinal design; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957823374     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903513916     Document Type: Article

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