Job crafting as a key to successful organisational change;Job crafting als sleutel tot succesvolle organisatieverandering

Gedrag en Organisatie

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-45

  Petrou, Paraskevas ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b   Breevaart, Kimberley ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Job crafting; Organizational change; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878429163     PISSN: 09215077     EISSN: 18757235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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