Reliability of job satisfaction measures

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-292

  Kristensen, Nicolai ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification error; Job satisfaction; Measurement error; Subjective data

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247862032     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-006-9027-0     Document Type: Article

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