Stability and change model of job resources and work engagement: A seven-year three-wave follow-up study

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 360-375

  Seppälä, Piia ^a   Hakanen, Jari ^a   Mauno, Saija ^b   Perhoniemi, Riku ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^b   Schaufeli, Wilmar ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dentists; Job change; Job resources; Longitudinal; Stability and change model; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937252614     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.910510     Document Type: Article

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