Adult attachment styles in the workplace

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-296

  Harms, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Organizational behavior; Performance; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051472828     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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