Service climate and employee well being in higher education

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-167

  Martin, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee well being; Job satisfaction; Service climate; Students; University employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249139616     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.837.14.2.155     Document Type: Article

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