Motivating the employee in the independent retail sector

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-208

  Bent, Richard ^a   Freathy, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motivation and satisfaction; Retail employment; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042728343     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-6989(96)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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