What is the key to researchers’ job satisfaction? One response is professional identification mediated by work engagement

Current Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 518-527

  Jeanson, Sophie ^a   Michinov, Estelle ^b  

^a UMR1253   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Professional identification; Science teams; Social identity; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040089223     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-017-9778-2     Document Type: Article

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