Mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between emotional intelligence and perceived general health

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1057-1068

  Yuan, Lingling ^a   Tan, Xuhui ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^b   Zou, Fei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Job satisfaction; Occupational psychology; Perceived general health; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928160143     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: 11796391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2014.42.7.1057     Document Type: Article

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