Work engagement as mediator between job characteristics and positive and negative extrarole behaviors

Career Development International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-207

  Sulea, Coralia ^a   Virga, Delia ^a   Maricutoiu, Laurentiu P ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar ^b   Zaborila Dumitru, Catalina ^a   Sava, Florin A ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Counterproductive work behaviors; Employees behaviour; Job demands; Job resources; Jobs; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862490902     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431211241054     Document Type: Article

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