Demands or Resources? The Relationship Between HR Practices, Employee Engagement, and Emotional Exhaustion Within a Hybrid Model of Employment Relations

Human Resource Management

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 901-917

  Conway, Edel ^a   Fu, Na ^b   Monks, Kathy ^a   Alfes, Kerstin ^c   Bailey, Catherine ^d  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotional exhaustion; employee engagement; employee voice; HR practices; hybrid HR models; job demands resources; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924387928     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21691     Document Type: Article

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