Going the Extra Mile: Perseverance as a Key Character Strength at Work

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 240-252

  Littman Ovadia, Hadassah ^a   Lavy, Shiri ^b  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

character strengths; counterproductive behaviors; meaning at work; perseverance; work orientation; work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962656015     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: 15524590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072715580322     Document Type: Article

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