Collective organizational engagement: Linking motivational antecedents, strategic implementation, and firm performance

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-135

  Barrick, Murray R ^a   Thurgood, Gary R ^a   Smith, Troy A ^a   Courtright, Stephen H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84923799063     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0227     Document Type: Article

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