For Fun, Love, or Money: What Drives Workaholic, Engaged, and Burned-Out Employees at Work?

Applied Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-55

  Van Beek, Ilona ^a   Hu, Qiao ^b   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Schreurs, Bert H J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Yongkang Nursing School of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 82955233355     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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