Stuck in a job: being “locked-in” or at risk of becoming locked-in at the workplace and well-being over time

Work and Stress

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 152-172

  Stengård, Johanna ^a   Bernhard Oettel, Claudia ^a   Berntson, Erik ^a   Leineweber, Constanze ^b   Aronsson, Gunnar ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

career change; employability; involuntary non mobility; Locked in; non preferred workplace; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964009603     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2016.1163804     Document Type: Article

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