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Employee Engagement From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

John P. Meyer  and
Maryléne Gagnè
John P. Meyer*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Ontario
Maryléne Gagnè
Affiliation:
Concordia University
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 60 - 62
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2008 

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Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario

**

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

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