A weekly diary study on the buffering role of social support in the relationship between job insecurity and employee performance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-279

  Schreurs, Bert H J ^a   Hetty van Emmerik, I J ^a   Günter, Hannes ^a   Germeys, Filip ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HU Brussel in Brussels ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job demands; Job insecurity; Job stress; Social support; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859150493     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21465     Document Type: Article

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