The relationships of age and length of service with job satisfaction: An examination of hotel employees in Thailand

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 745-758

  Sarker, Shah J ^a   Crossman, Alf ^b   Chinmeteepituck, Parkpoom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c Novotel Lotus Hotel   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Age groups; Hotels; Job satisfaction; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346340789     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310502421     Document Type: Article

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