Does the love of money moderate and mediate the income-pay satisfaction relationship?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-135

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Luna Arocas, Roberto ^b   Sutarso, Toto ^a   Tang, David Shin Hsiung ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Allied Capital   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Money; Pay; Spain; United States of America; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744479413     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940410526091     Document Type: Review

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