Psychosocial safety climate buffers effects of job demands on depression and positive organizational behaviors

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-377

  Hall, Garry B ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^a   Winefield, Anthony H ^a   Dormann, Christian ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depression; positive organizational behaviors; psychosocial safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84878656784     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.700477     Document Type: Article

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