When good resources go bad: The applicability of conservation of resource theory to psychologically entitled employees

Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-150

  Brouer, Robyn L ^a   Wallace, Angela S ^a   Harvey, Paul ^a  

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EID: 84880212533     PISSN: 14793555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3555(2011)0000009008     Document Type: Article

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