Towards a model of work engagement

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-223

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee participation; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Organizational behaviour; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749105119     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810870476     Document Type: Article

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