How can leaders achieve high employee engagement

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-416

  Xu, Jessica ^a   Thomas, Helena Cooper ^b  

^a JRA (NZ) Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

360 degree feedback; Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Feedback; Motivation (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959229971     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111134661     Document Type: Article

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