Compensation or right: An analysis of employee "fringe" benefit perception

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-162

  Weathington, Barton L ^a   Tetrick, Lois E ^b  

^a Development Dimensions International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee benefits; Employee perceptions; Organizational commitment; Organizational satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750173162     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011153710102     Document Type: Article

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