The downside of organizational identification: Relations between identification, workaholism and well-being

Work and Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-307

  Avanzi, Lorenzo ^a   van Dick, Rolf ^b   Fraccaroli, Franco ^a   Sarchielli, Guido ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

health; identification; social identity; well being; work related stress; workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865300476     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2012.712291     Document Type: Article

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