Relationships of individual and organizational support with engagement: Examining various types of causality in a three-wave study

Work and Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-254

  Biggs, Amanda ^a   Brough, Paula ^a   Barbour, Jennifer P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cross lagged; job resources; longitudinal; police; support; work engagement; work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904083489     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2014.934316     Document Type: Article

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