Personal goal facilitation through work: Implications for employee satisfaction and well-being

Applied Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-219

  Doest, Laura Ter ^a   Maes, Stan ^a   Gebhardt, Winifred A ^a   Koelewijn, Hennie ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PCC the Hague ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 33644770120     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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