What Do We Really Know About Employee Engagement?

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-182

  Saks, Alan M ^a   Gruman, Jamie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Employee engagement; Job demands; Job resources; Personal resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921028847     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21187     Document Type: Article

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