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Originally published in hardcover in 2007 as The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and Their Employees).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Lencioni, Patrick, 1965- author.
Title: The truth about employee engagement : a fable about addressing the three root causes of job misery / Patrick Lencioni.
Description: First edition. | San Francisco, CA :Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer, [2016]
Identifiers: LCCN 2015038107 (print) | LCCN 2015040961 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119237983 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119238423 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119237990 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Employee motivation. | Employee morale. | Job satisfaction. | Management.
Classification: LCC HF5549.5.M63 L46 2016 (print) | LCC HF5549.5.M63 (ebook) | DDC 658.3/14–dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015038107