Are pay satisfaction and pay fairness the same construct? A cross-country examination among the self-employed in Latvia, Germany, the UK, and the USA

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-39

  Scarpello, Vida ^a   Carraher, Shawn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germany; Latvia; Pay; Self employed workers; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249122703     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260810844248     Document Type: Article

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