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Introduction: a discussion about the role of negative affectivity in job stress research

✍ Scribed by Cary L. Cooper

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
49 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-3796

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✦ Synopsis

Negative aectivity (NA) has perhaps received more attention by job stress researchers than any other personality variable. Most of the recent research has concerned the extent to which NA might in¯uence self-report measures of

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