The crossover of work engagement between working couples

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-236

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Family life; Job satisfaction; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449117575     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910939313     Document Type: Article

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