Employee intrapreneurship and work engagement: A latent change score approach

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-100

  Gawke, Jason C ^a   Gorgievski, Marjan J ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Employee intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurship; JD R theory; Personal resources; Proactive work behavior; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015049903     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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