Exploring employee engagement from the employee perspective: Implications for HRD

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-325

  Brad Shuck, M ^a   Rocco, Tonette S ^b   Albornoz, Carlos A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Human resource development; Organizational performance; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955933894     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591111128306     Document Type: Article

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