Income, the love of money, pay comparison, and pay satisfaction: Race and gender as moderators

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 476-491

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Tang, Theresa Li Na ^b   Homaifar, Beeta Yazmeen ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Affinion Group   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gender; Income; Pay; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746454681     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610673988     Document Type: Article

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