On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review

2010/01/01 by Brent D. Rosso, Kathryn H. Dekas, Amy Wrzesniewski · 2 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Computer science #Consistency (knowledge bases) #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #Engineering #Engineering ethics #Epistemology #Extant taxon #Field (mathematics) #Generative grammar #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Management and Organizational Studies #Management science #Meaning (existential) #Order (exchange) #Product (mathematics) #Sociology #Work (physics)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.riob.2010.09.001

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