The dynamics of proactivity at work

2008/01/01 by Adam M. Grant, Susan J. Ashford
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Computer science #Cultural Differences and Values #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Knowledge management #Organizational behavior #Proactivity #Psychology #Situational ethics #Social psychology #Work (physics)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.riob.2008.04.002

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