Job satisfaction of Asian Americans

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 586-594

  Weaver, Charles N ^a   Hinson, Shelley ^b  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034168161     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.2.586     Document Type: Article

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