Measuring organisational climate and employee engagement: Evidence: For a 7 Ps model of work practices and outcomes

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 185-198

  Langford, Peter H ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee opinion survey; Individual differences; Industrial organisational psychology; Job satisfaction; Organisational behaviour; Psychological testing and measurement; Psychology of work and unemployment; Work practices and outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951279254     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530802579481     Document Type: Article

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