Creating Satisfied Employees Through Workplace Spirituality: A Study of the Private Insurance Sector in Punjab (India)

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-88

  Gupta, Manu ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Singh, Mandeep ^c  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DAV COLLEGE   (India)

^c THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational values; Private insurance companies; Spirituality; Spirituality in the workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902778080     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1756-5     Document Type: Article

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