Employee engagement: An examination of antecedent and outcome variables

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-445

  Shuck, Brad ^a   Reio, Thomas G ^b   Rocco, Tonette S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discretionary effort; Employee engagement; Human resource development; Organizational performance; Psychological climate; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024578690     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2011.601587     Document Type: Article

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