Motivating Russian workers: Analysis of age and gender differences

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-289

  Linz, Susan J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Job satisfaction; Russia; Transition; Worker motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842812674     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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