The older the better!:Agerelated differences in emotion regulation after psychological contract breach

Career Development International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-24

  Matthijs Bal, P ^a   Smit, Priscilla ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affect; Breach of contract; Emotion regulation; Individual psychology; Older workers; Psychological contract breach; Reappraisal; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857620174     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431211201300     Document Type: Article

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