Work motivation: Forging new perspectives and directions in the post-millennium

Work Motivation: Past, Present, and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 601-632

  Kanfer, Ruth ^a   Chen, Gilad ^b   Pritchard, Robert D ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84920426344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809501     Document Type: Chapter

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