Employee resilience: An emerging challenge for HRM

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-297

  Bardoel, E Anne ^a   Pettit, Trisha Michelle ^a   De Cieri, Helen ^a   Mcmillan, Lindsay ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Converge International ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation of resources theory; Employee resilience; Environmental uncertainty; Positive psychology; Resilience enhancing HRM practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903764006     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12033     Document Type: Article

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