About the dark and bright sides of self-efficacy: Workaholism and work engagement

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 688-701

  del Líbano, Mario ^a   Llorens, Susana ^a   Salanova, Marisa ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Self efficacy; Work engagement; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863433552     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n2.38883     Document Type: Article

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