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Boosting Job Performance and Happiness at Google with the Job Crafting Exercise

Adam Grant

April 29, 2013

Business Insider article and video: Interview with Wharton’s Adam Grant on his research regarding the Job Crafting Exercise at Google.

“Top Wharton Professor Shares His Counterintuitive Theory For Success”

Adam Grant

April 30, 2013

Topic(s): Positive Culture

Keyword(s): Happiness, Job Crafting Exercise

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