Enriched job design, high involvement management and organizational performance: The mediating roles of job satisfaction and well-being

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 419-445

  Wood, Stephen ^a   van Veldhoven, Marc ^b   Croon, Marcel ^b   de Menezes, Lilian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enriched job design; High involvement management; High performance work systems; Human resource management; job satisfaction; Organizational performance; Quality; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859588332     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711432476     Document Type: Article

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