What is engagement?

Employee Engagement in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-35

  Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

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EID: 84905043240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203076965     Document Type: Chapter

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