The dark and the bright sides of proactive work behaviour and situational constraints: Longitudinal relationships with task conflicts

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 654-680

  Spychala, Anne ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hindrance stressors; Prevention oriented initiative; Proactive behaviour; Promotion oriented initiative; Situational constraints; Task conflicts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859045757     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2010.487646     Document Type: Article

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