The gain spiral of resources and work engagement: Sustaining a positive worklife

Work Engagement: A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 118-131

  Salanova, Marisa ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^b   Xanthopoulou, Despoina ^c   Bakker, Arnold B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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