Work-related attitudes: A comparison of Estonia and Finland

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-217

  Alas, Ruth ^a   Edwards, Vincent ^b  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Estonia; Finland; Institutionalism; Job satisfaction; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344440281     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16111699.2005.9636110     Document Type: Article

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