Work engagement from a cultural perspective

Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 364-372

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Rating and Investment Information Inc   (Japan)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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