Work engagement and workaholism: Comparing the self-employed and salaried employees

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Gorgievski, Marjan J ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job performance; Measurement equivalence; Self employed; Work engagement; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951546901     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760903509606     Document Type: Article

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