Self-engagement at work

Positive Organizational Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 143-158

  Britt, Thomas W ^a   Dickinson, James M ^b   Greene Shortridge, Tiffany M ^a   McKibben, Eric S ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers   (United States)

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EID: 84949560385     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446212752.n11     Document Type: Chapter

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