Job satisfaction of South African quantity surveyors: An empirical study

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 765-780

  Bowen, Paul ^a   Cattell, Keith ^a   Distiller, Greg ^a   Edwards, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Quantity surveyors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); DECISION MAKING; FOOD PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURVEYS; WAGES;

CAREER PROSPECTS; CREATIVE WORK; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FLEXIBLE WORKING; LOW DEGREE; QUANTITY SURVEYING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

BIOGRAPHIES;

CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47349087888     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190801998724     Document Type: Article

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