The Work Design Questionnaire (WDQ): developing and validating a comprehensive measure for assessing job design and the nature of work.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Psychology

• Publication date

  2006-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/0021-9010.91.6.1321PMID 17100487
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