The Jingle Jangle of Employee Engagement: Further Exploration of the Emerging Construct and Implications for Workplace Learning and Performance

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-35

  Shuck, Brad ^a   Ghosh, Rajashi ^b   Zigarmi, Drea ^c   Nimon, Kim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

employee engagement; human resource development; job involvement; job satisfaction; organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873649499     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484312463921     Document Type: Article

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