Generating employee engagement in a public-private partnership: Management communication activities and employee experiences

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2741-2759

  Reissner, Stefanie ^a   Pagan, Victoria ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employee engagement; lived experience; management communication; organizational change; organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878668232     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.765497     Document Type: Article

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