The mediating role of job characteristics in job redesign interventions: A serendipitous quasi-experiment

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-105

  Holman, David J ^a   Axtell, Carolyn M ^a   Sprigg, Christine A ^a   Totterdell, Peter ^a   Wall, Toby D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 72449182254     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.631     Document Type: Article

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