Changing less-preferred duties to more-preferred: A potential strategy for improving supervisor work enjoyment

Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-109

  Green, Carolyn W ^a   Reid, Dennis H ^b,c   Passante, Susan ^a   Canipe, Vicki ^a  

^a J Iverson Riddle Center   (United States)

^b Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Preference assessments; Supervisors; Work enjoyment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650077691     PISSN: 01608061     EISSN: 15408604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01608060802100899     Document Type: Article

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