A process model of employee engagement: The learning climate and its relationship with extra-role performance behaviors

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 213-235

  Eldor, Liat ^a   Harpaz, Itzhak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

discriminant validity; employee engagement; organizational climate; proactivity; the employee organization relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941904419     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.2037     Document Type: Article

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