Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: Job Ambivalence as a Moderator

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2019-2040

  Ziegler, René ^a   Hagen, Britta ^a   Diehl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84864947308     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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