The effect of age on the satisfaction of academics with teaching and research

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Hickson, Charles ^a   Oshagbemi, Titus ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age groups; Education; Job satisfaction; Key words Academic staff; Regression analysis; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141862691     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299910215960     Document Type: Article

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