Key questions regarding work engagement

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-28

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Albrecht, Simon L ^b   Leiter, Michael P ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Commitment; Employee engagement; Jd r model; Job resources; Vigour

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951561614     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2010.485352     Document Type: Article

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