The job demands–resources model: Overview and suggestions for future research

Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-105

  Van Den Broeck, Anja ^a,b   Van Ruysseveldt, Joris ^c   Vanbelle, Els ^b   De Witte, Hans ^b,d  

^a Human Relations Research Group   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84888151900     PISSN: 2046410X     EISSN: 20464118     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2046-410X(2013)0000001007     Document Type: Article

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