Beyond workaholism: Towards a general model of heavy work investment

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-243

  Snir, Raphael ^b   Harpaz, Itzhak ^a  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Heavy work investment; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861926340     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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