The evolution of the employee engagement concept: Communication implications

Corporate Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-346

  Welch, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication management; Corporate communications; Employee communications; Internal communications; Job commitment; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054840388     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281111186968     Document Type: Article

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