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Defining Employee Engagement for Productive Research and Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Reeshad S. Dalal ,
Bradley J. Brummel ,
Serena Wee  and
Lisa L. Thomas
Reeshad S. Dalal*
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Bradley J. Brummel
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Serena Wee
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Lisa L. Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
*
E-mail: rdalal@gmu.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, George Mason University, David King Hall, Room 3077, MSN 3F5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 52 - 55
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Department of Psychology, George Mason University

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