I am engaged, I feel good, and I go the extra-mile: Reciprocal relationships between work engagement and consequences

Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 117-125

  Simbula, Silvia ^a   Guglielmi, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Longitudinal study; Mental health; Organizational citizenship behaviours; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897988883     PISSN: 15765962     EISSN: 21740534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/tr2013a17     Document Type: Article

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