The meaning of work in Malaŵi

Journal of International Development

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 899-911

  Carr, Stuart C ^a,c   Maclachlan, Malcolm ^b,c   Kachedwa, Michael ^c   Kanyangale, Macdonald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN NEEDS; MEANING OF WORK; PERCEPTION; WORK MOTIVATION;

MALAWI;

EID: 0031448416     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199711)9:7<899::AID-JID431>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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