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Mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in Bangladesh’s private banks Cover

Mediating role of meaningful work between resources and work engagement in Bangladesh’s private banks

By: Rubaba Nawrin  
Open Access
|Mar 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2018-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2069-8887 | Journal ISSN: 1842-0206
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