Employee Engagement

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 317-341

  Rothmann, Sebastiaan ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emotional energy; Employee engagement; Psychological need; Reciprocal interdependence; Self determination literature; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018408232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118977620.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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