Job engagement, job satisfaction, and contrasting associations with person-job fit

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Warr, Peter ^a   Inceoglu, Ilke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHL Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engagement; Motivation; Person job fit; Satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB ENGAGEMENT; JOB FIT; JOB SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING; WORK; ADULT; AFFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863997071     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026859     Document Type: Article

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