Quiet desperation: Another perspective on employee engagement

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-537

  Wollard, Karen Kelly ^a  

^a Broward College   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; emotion work; employee disengagement; employee engagement; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855175474     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: 15523055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422311430942     Document Type: Article

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