Self-control demands: From basic research to job-related applications

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-60

  Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a   Diestel, Stefan ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control resource; Job strain; Self control strength; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926296173     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000123     Document Type: Review

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