Worker well-being and perceived fairness: Survey-based findings from Italy

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2080-2094

  Tortia, Ermanno C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Loyalty; Ownership form; Perceived fairness; Procedural fairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849090957     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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