Designing jobs to do good: Dimensions and psychological consequences of prosocial job characteristics

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-39

  Grant, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prosocial motivation; Relational job characteristics; Work design

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049165537     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760701751012     Document Type: Article

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