A framework to identify the 'motivational factors' of employees; A Case Study of Pakistan It Industry

WSEAS Transactions on Computers

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 837-846

  Bhatti, Muhammad Wasim ^a   Ahsan, Ali ^a   Sajid, Ali ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Case study; Employee motivation; Framework; Pakistan's it industry; Satisfaction; Soft issues

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH;

CASE STUDIES; CASE STUDY; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS; CORE FACTORS; EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION; FRAMEWORK; IN-LINE; IT INDUSTRY; MOTIVATED EMPLOYEES; PAKISTAN; PAKISTAN'S IT INDUSTRY; SATISFACTION; SOFT ISSUES;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 48849089095     PISSN: 11092750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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