Professional aspirations and job satisfaction: Chinese journalists at a time of change in the media

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-273

  Chan, Joseph Man ^a   Pan, Zhongdang ^b   Lee, Francis L F ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 4444224596     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100203     Document Type: Article

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