Works councils and job satisfaction;Betriebsräte und arbeitszufriedenheit

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 226, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-561

  Von Jirjahn, Uwe ^a,b   Tsertsvadze, Georgi ^a,b  

^a Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung ^*

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Full time employment; Job satisfaction; Works council

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751085896     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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