Job satisfaction in Britain: Individual and job related factors

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1163-1171

  Gazioglu, Saziye ^a,b   Tansel, Aysit ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LABOR; OCCUPATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745308622     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500392987     Document Type: Article

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