Fast-food work: Are McJobs satisfying?

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-420

  Allan, Cameron ^a   Bamber, Greg J ^a   Timo, Nils ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fast foods; Industrial relations; Interpersonal relations; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747502157     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610683627     Document Type: Article

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