Spiritual behaviour in the workplace as a topic for research

Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-285

  Hernández López, Lidia ^a   Ramos Ramos, Rosario ^a   Ramos Ramos, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contingency approach; Spiritual behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007084285     PISSN: 14766086     EISSN: 1942258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766080903290119     Document Type: Article

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