Testing a dynamic model of the impact of psychological capital on work engagement and job performance

Career Development International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 33-47

  Alessandri, Guido ^a   Consiglio, Chiara ^a   Luthans, Fred ^b   Borgogni, Laura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Job performance; Latent change model; Mediational model; Psychological capital; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041180564     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CDI-11-2016-0210     Document Type: Article

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