A perfect match: Decoding employee engagement – Part I: Engaging cultures and leaders

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-128

  de Mello e Souza Wildermuth, Cristina ^a   Pauken, Patrick David ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Leadership; Motivation (psychology); Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449132293     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197850810868603     Document Type: Article

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