Work engagement, job design and the role of the social context at work: Exploring antecedents from a relational perspective

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1427-1445

  Freeney, Yseult ^a   Fellenz, Martin R ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b Trinity College   (Iran)

Author keywords

job design; job resources; prosocial impact; relational perspective; supervisor; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885440791     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713478245     Document Type: Article

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