Passion for work: Work engagement versus workaholism

Handbook of Employee Engagement: Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 264-271

  Gorgievski, Marjan J ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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