When I'm 64: Psychological contract breach, work motivation and the moderating roles of future time perspective and regulatory focus

Work and Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 338-354

  de Lange, Annet H ^a,b   Bal, P Matthijs ^c   van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^d,e,f   de Jong, Nicole ^b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

age; contract breach; longitudinal research; psychological contract; regulatory focus; time perspective; work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858314679     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2011.632610     Document Type: Article

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