Effectiveness of job crafting interventions: a meta-analysis and utility analysis

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 723-741

  Oprea, Bogdan Teodor ^a   Barzin, Liubița ^b   Vîrgă, Delia ^b   Iliescu, Dragoș ^a   Rusu, Andrei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

intervention; Job crafting; job performance; meta analysis; utility analysis; work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070502772     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1646728     Document Type: Article

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