Creating organizational conditions that foster employee spirit at work

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-295

  Kinjerski, Val ^a   Skrypnek, Berna J ^b  

^a Kaizen Solutions for Human Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employees; Leadership; Morale; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745467068     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730610666037     Document Type: Article

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