The effects of age and gender upon the perceptions of accounting professionals concerning their job satisfaction and work-related attributes

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 536-561

  Moyes, Glen D ^a   Williams, Patricia A ^b   Koch, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Age discrimination; Employee attitudes; Gender; Job satisfaction; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744807780     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900610667292     Document Type: Article

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