Proactivity, job characteristics, and engagement: A longitudinal study

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-77

  Dikkers, Josje S E ^a   Jansen, Paul G W ^a   de Lange, Annet H ^b   Vinkenburg, Claartje J ^a   Kooij, Dorien ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job descriptions; Job satisfaction; Personality; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549126371     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011020899     Document Type: Article

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