Employee work attitudes: The subtle influence of gender

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 649-666

  Smith, Patricia L ^a,c   Smits, Stanley J ^b,d   Hoy, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; Small business; Small business owners; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038979313     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100504     Document Type: Article

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