Does Grit Matter to Employees' Quality of Work Life and Quality of Life? The Case of the Korean Public Sector.
To ensure the quality of the work done in the Korean career civil service system (which is characterized by stability, such as lifelong job security), the public sector must use methods to motivate their employees and improve their performance in the long run. In this study, we propose that grit, as...
| Published in: | Public Personnel Management Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 97 - 125 |
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| Format: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Mar2022
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