The impact of the employee-organization relationship on temporary employees' performance and attitude: Testing a Singaporean sample

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 366-387

  Koh, William L ^a   Yer, Lay Keow ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment relations; Job satisfaction; Perceived fairness; Singapore; Temporary workers; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347067954     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339918     Document Type: Article

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