Relating work engagement and workaholism to entrepreneurial performance

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-121

  Gorgievski, Marjan J ^a   Moriano, Juan Antonio ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective psychology; Business performance; Entrepreneurship; Motivation (psychology); Work engagement; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896292331     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-06-2012-0169     Document Type: Article

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