Consequences of job insecurity and the moderator role of occupational group

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 820-831

  Miana, Beatriz Sora ^a   González Morales, M Gloria ^b   Caballer, Amparo ^c   Peiró, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Occupational group; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155144553     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.29     Document Type: Article

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