Daily within-person effects of job autonomy and work engagement on innovative behaviour: The cross-level moderating role of creative self-efficacy

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 601-612

  Orth, Maximilian ^a   Volmer, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

creative self efficacy; diary study; Innovation; job autonomy; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019681691     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2017.1332042     Document Type: Article

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