Temporary employees in Singapore: What drives them?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-102

  Tan, Hwee Hoon ^a   Tan, Chwee Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Job attitudes; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0040078474     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980209604141     Document Type: Article

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