Employee engagement, human resource management practices and competitive advantage: An integrated approach

Journal of Organizational Effectiveness

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-35

  Albrecht, Simon L ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Gruman, Jamie A ^c   Macey, William H ^d   Saks, Alan M ^e  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CEB   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engagement; HR architecture; Organization effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941984919     PISSN: 20516614     EISSN: 20516622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOEPP-08-2014-0042     Document Type: Review

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