Job design in temporal context: A career dynamics perspective

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 911-927

  Fried, Yitzhak ^a   Grant, Adam M ^b   Levi, Ariel S ^c   Hadani, Michael ^d   Slowik, Linda Haynes ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

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EID: 35348923803     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.486     Document Type: Article

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