Executive work design: New perspectives and future directions

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 432-447

  Munyon, Timothy P ^a   Summers, James K ^b   Buckley, M Ronald ^c   Ranft, Annette L ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 75849161747     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.620     Document Type: Note

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