Survivor mission: Do those who survive have a drive to thrive at work?

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-218

  Eskreis Winkler, Lauren ^a   Shulman, Elizabeth P ^a   Duckworth, Angela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism born of suffering; empathy; grit; survivor mission; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897990238     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2014.888579     Document Type: Article

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