Engaging leadership in the job demands-resources model

Career Development International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 446-463

  Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leadership; Motivation (psychology); Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941265223     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CDI-02-2015-0025     Document Type: Article

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