Jobs as Lancaster goods: Facets of job satisfaction and overall job satisfaction

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1906-1920

  Skalli, Ali ^a   Theodossiou, Ioannis ^b   Vasileiou, Efi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earnings; Job security; Overall job satisfaction; Type of work; Working conditions; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049104499     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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