Why Japanese workers show low work engagement: An item response theory analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement scale

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b   Miyanaka, Daisuke ^c   Iwata, Noboru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rating and Investment Information Inc   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 78049384180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-17     Document Type: Review

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