Assessing the impact of job involvement on performance

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-215

  Rotenberry, Paul F ^a   Moberg, Philip J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Employee involvement; Job satisfaction; Performance levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992929415     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710733278     Document Type: Article

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