How personal resources predict work engagement and self-rated performance among construction workers: A social cognitive perspective

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-207

  Lorente, Laura ^a   Salanova, Marisa ^b   Martínez, Isabel M ^b   Vera, María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Personal and job resources; Self rated performance; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006364834     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12049     Document Type: Article

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