Does Privatization Improve Job Satisfaction? The Case of Ghana

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1779-1795

  Asiedu, Kofi Fred ^a   Folmer, Henk ^b,c  

^a Metmall Associates Ltd   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

employment model; Ghana; job satisfaction; privatization; state owned enterprise

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PRIVATIZATION; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 35248899379     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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