Job satisfaction: Empirical evidence of gender differences

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-288

  Garća Bernal, Javier ^a   Gargallo Castel, Ana ^a   Marzo Navarro, Mercedes ^a   Rivera Torres, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Gender; Human resource management; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744457418     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510599098     Document Type: Article

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