Spirituality, religion, and career development: Implications for the workplace

Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Duffy, Ryan D ^a   Reid, Laura ^b   Dik, Bryan J ^c  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860863288     PISSN: 14766086     EISSN: 1942258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2010.500004     Document Type: Article

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