Effects of temporary job contracts on the well-being of individuals and organizations

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Falco, Alessandra ^a   Corso, Laura Dal ^a   De Carlo, Alessandro ^b   Di Sipio, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Job insecurity; Organizational disease; Organizational well being; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155150878     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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