Psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the Utrecht work engagement scale (UWES-9)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Littman Ovadia, Hadassah ^a   Balducci, Cristian ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874283220     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000121     Document Type: Article

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