Do workaholics prefer demanding, aggressive, and results-oriented organizational cultures?

Career Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-217

  Burke, Ronald J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Employee attitudes; Work study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099026     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430210431299     Document Type: Article

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