Workers' personal initiative as a moderator of the relations between job characteristics and well-being

Psychological Reports

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Taris, Toon W ^a   Wielenga Meiter, Etty G A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 85047683904     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/01.02.09.20.PR0.107.4.255-264     Document Type: Article

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