Strengths use and deficit correction in organizations: development and validation of a questionnaire

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 960-975

  van Woerkom, Marianne ^a   Mostert, Karina ^b   Els, Crizelle ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c   de Beer, Leon ^b   Rothmann, Sebastiaan ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

deficit correction; perceived organizational support; positive psychology; proactive behaviour; strengths use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976288668     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2016.1193010     Document Type: Article

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