Work-related flow

A Day in the Life of a Happy Worker

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-57

  Fullagar, Clive ^a   Kelloway, E Kevin ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84905797417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203078990     Document Type: Chapter

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