Development and validation of an instrument for assessing job demands arising from accelerated change: The intensification of job demands scale (IDS)

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 898-913

  Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Paškvan, Matea ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Changing working conditions; Intensification; Job demands; Service industries; Social acceleration; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942819118     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.979160     Document Type: Article

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