Impact of employees' character strengths of wisdom on stress and creative performance

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-181

  Avey, James B ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b   Hannah, Sean T ^c   Sweetman, David ^b   Peterson, Christopher ^d  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 83755192464     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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