The impacts of job characteristics on is employee satisfaction: A comparison between permanent and temporary employees

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 58-68

  Galup, Stuart D ^a   Klein, Gary ^b   Jiang, James J ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

IS contracting; IS personnel; Job satisfaction; Management of IS

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION; IS CONTRACTING; IS PERSONNEL; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; PERMANENT EMPLOYEES; TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES;

JOB SATISFACTION;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 51049102937     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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