Worker morale in Russia: An exploratory study

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-437

  Linz, Susan J ^a   Good, Linda K ^a   Huddleston, Patricia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employees; Morale; Motivation (psychology); Performance management; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746462729     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610673951     Document Type: Article

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