On the transferability of “traditional” satisfaction theory to non-traditional employment relationships: Temp agency work satisfaction

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 440-457

  Torka, Nicole ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Job satisfaction; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548045967     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710776272     Document Type: Article

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