Job satisfaction and gender: An expanded specification from the NLSY

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-235

  Donohue, Susan M ^a   Heywood, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; United States of America; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042817132     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410536007     Document Type: Review

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