Routinization, work characteristics and their relationships with creative and proactive behaviors

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-279

  Ohly, Sandra ^a   Sonnentag, Sabine ^b   Pluntke, Franziska ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 33749335826     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.376     Document Type: Article

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