Psychological capital, a requisite for organisational performance in South Africa

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-30

  du Plessis, Yvonne ^a   Barkhuizen, Nicolene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Employee performance; Human resource practitioner; Positive psychology; Psychological capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859862361     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v15i1.122     Document Type: Article

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