The effect of mobile technology usage on work engagement and emotional exhaustion in Japan

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3315-3323

  Fujimoto, Yuka ^a,b   Ferdous, Ahmed Shahriar ^a   Sekiguchi, Tomoki ^c   Sugianto, Ly Fie ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional exhaustion; Japan; Mobile technology; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959450624     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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