Explaining engagement in personal activities on company time

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-654

  Eddy, Erik R ^a   D'Abate, Caroline P ^b   Thurston, Paul W ^a  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boredom; Employee involvement; Employee relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956073945     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011064181     Document Type: Article

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