Callings

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wrzesniewski, Amy ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling; Meaning of work; Meaningful work; Work orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924985452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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