Expecting the Worst: Moderating Effects of Social Cynicism on the Relationships Between Relationship Conflict and Negative Affective Reactions

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-345

  Li, Fuli ^a,b,c   Zhou, Fan ^d   Leung, Kwok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affective reactions; Intention to quit; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Relationship conflict; Social cynicism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961209228     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9192-3     Document Type: Article

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