Measuring Employee Engagement During a Financial Downturn: Business Imperative or Nuisance?

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  van Rooy, David L ^a   Whitman, Daniel S ^b   Hart, Dennis ^c   Caleo, Suzette ^d  

^a Marriott International Inc   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Aon Hewitt   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic downturn; Employee survey; Engagement; Financial performance; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956072691     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9225-6     Document Type: Article

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