Are we having fun yet? A consideration of workplace fun and engagement

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 556-568

  Bolton, Sharon C ^a   Houlihan, Maeve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Employee development; Employee involvement; Employee participation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350328483     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910991721     Document Type: Article

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