Quality of Work Life: A study of employees in Shanghai, China

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-517

  Chan, Ka Wai ^a   Wyatt, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Needs theory; Quality of work life; Shanghai; Spillover theory

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 34748878896     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380701250681     Document Type: Article

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