Employee engagement in a cultural context

Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 163-179

  Rothmann, Sebastiaan ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84878636965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203076965     Document Type: Chapter

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