Spirituality in the workplace: Theory and measurement

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-50

  Liu, Caroline H ^a   Robertson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

religiousness; self identity; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751528777     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492610374648     Document Type: Article

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