Social Context at Work: A Multilevel Analysis of Job Satisfaction

Sociological Forum

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-90

  Wharton, Amy S ^a   Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Bird, Sharon R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical models; Job satisfaction; Organizational demography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346930449     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007546120560     Document Type: Article

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