Sabbaticals and Employee Motivation: Benefits, Concerns, and Implications

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-164

  Carr, Andrew E ^a   Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750822154     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.80.3.160-164     Document Type: Article

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