A theoretical model of the antecedents and outcomes of employee engagement: Dubin's method

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-266

  Rana, Sowath ^a   Ardichvili, Alexandre ^a   Tkachenko, Oleksandr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dubin's method; Employee engagement; Human resource development; Theoretical model; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900848225     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JWL-09-2013-0063     Document Type: Article

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