Does Positive Affect Buffer the Associations between Job Insecurity and Work Engagement and Psychological Distress? A Test among South African Workers

Applied Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 558-570

  Vander Elst, Tinne ^a   Bosman, Jacqueline ^b   De Cuyper, Nele ^a   Stouten, Jeroen ^a   De Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Industrial psychologist ^*  (South Africa)

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EID: 84881548610     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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