Beyond engagement:Toward a framework and operational definition for employee work passion

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-326

  Zigarmi, Drea ^a   Nimon, Kim ^b   Houson, Dobie ^c   Witt, David ^c   Diehl, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c The Ken Blanchard Companies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employee work passion; Engagement; Workplace commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350534468     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484309338171     Document Type: Article

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