Job satisfaction in the low wage service sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1241-1254

  Brown, Donna ^a   McIntosh, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; LABOR STANDARD; SERVICE SECTOR; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042847342     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840210150875     Document Type: Article

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