A correlational study of workspace characteristics and work satisfaction among indian bank employees

Psychologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Rishi, Parul ^a   Sinha, S P ^b   Dubey, Renu ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREST MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Perceived and actual workspace; Work environment; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034365002     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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