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Good work, poor work? We need to go far beyond capitalism to answer this question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2020

Daniela M. Andrei Open the ORCID record for Daniela M. Andrei [Opens in a new window] ,
Anja Van den Broeck  and
Sharon K. Parker
Daniela M. Andrei*
Affiliation:
Curtin University
Anja Van den Broeck
Affiliation:
KU Leuven
Sharon K. Parker
Affiliation:
Curtin University
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*Corresponding author. Email: Daniela.andrei@curtin.edu.au
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 463 - 468
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© Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2020

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This research was funded by an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship award to the third author, FL160100033. The second author would like to acknowledge grant support from KU Leuven (VKH-C9278-StG/14/035).

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