Positive organisation: The role of leader behaviour in work engagement and retention

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mendes, Fallen ^a   Stander, Marius W ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 80053220747     PISSN: 02585200     EISSN: 20710763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v37i1.900     Document Type: Article

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