Measurement invariance of the pay satisfaction questionnaire across three countries

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1042-1051

  Lievens, Filip ^a   Anseel, Frederik ^a   Harris, Michael M ^b   Eisenberg, Jacob ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Culture; Measurement invariance; Pay satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148956687     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406299127     Document Type: Article

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