The impact of education on attitudes of female government employees

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 603-626

  Metle, Mesh'al Kh ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Education; Job satisfaction; Kuwait; Public sector organizations; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642603353     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710310484759     Document Type: Article

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