Callings and organizational behavior

2009/10/13 by A.R. Elangovan, A. R. Elangovan, Craig C. Pinder +1 · 405 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Anthropology #Epistemology #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Law #Meaning (existential) #Organizational behavior #Political science #Psychology #Relevance (law) #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology #Social group #Social identity theory #Social psychology #Sociology #Typology #Workplace Spirituality and Leadership

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.10.009

published in Journal of Vocational Behavior 76(3), 428-440 (Elsevier BV)

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