Time Enough to Work: Employee Motivation and Entrainment in the Workplace

Time & Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-284

  Farmer, Steven ^a   Seers, Anson ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

group context; motivation; social entrainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644306753     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X04044574     Document Type: Article

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