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Employee Engagement From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

John P. Meyer*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario
Maryléne Gagnè
Affiliation:
Concordia University
*
E-mail: meyer@uwo.ca, Address: Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Footnotes

*

Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario

**

Department of Management, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

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