Work-life imbalance as a moderator in the relationship between resources and work engagement

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 80-90

  Vîrgă, Delia ^a   Horga, Alexandra ^a   Iliescu, Dragoş ^b  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Personal resources; Personality traits; Work engagement; Work life imbalance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938844525     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000135     Document Type: Article

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