Employee voice and engagement: Connections and consequences

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2780-2798

  Rees, Chris ^a   Alfes, Kerstin ^b   Gatenby, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employee perceptions; engagement; line managers; trust; voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878655278     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.763843     Document Type: Article

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