A field experiment assessing the impact of the focused diagnosis intervention on job autonomy

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-240

  Shperling, Zipi ^a   Shirom, Arie ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Diagnostic intervention; Field experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144489938     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886304271415     Document Type: Article

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