Career Stage Effects on Job Characteristic–Job Satisfaction Relationships Among Guest Worker Salespersons

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-227

  Menguc, Bulent ^a   Bhuian, Shahid N ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17244363492     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2004.10749032     Document Type: Article

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