Employee engagement and autoethnography: Being and studying self

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-187

  Sambrook, Sally Anne ^a   Jones, Natalie ^a   Doloriert, Clair ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Context; Culture; Employee engagement; Qualitative research; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900838210     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JWL-09-2013-0072     Document Type: Article

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