Undermining the experience of task‐related success by illegitimate tasks: A three‐wave study.
Dealing well with tasks that characterize one's occupational role should confirm occupational identity and induce pleasurable feelings in terms of task‐related success. However, some tasks are illegitimate, with employees thinking they should not have to do them because they are unreasonable (not pa...
| Publicado en: | Applied Psychology: An International Review Vol. 74; no. 6; pp. 1 - 30 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2025
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