Thriving on challenge stressors? Exploring time pressure and learning demands as antecedents of thriving at work

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 108-123

  Prem, Roman ^a   Ohly, Sandra ^b   Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive appraisal; diary study; learning demands; thriving; time pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976902739     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2115     Document Type: Article

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