Monitoring quality in work: European Employment Strategy indicators and beyond

International Labour Review

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 163-198

  Davoine, Lucie ^a   Erhel, Christine ^b   Guergoat Lariviere, Mathilde ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

EU countries; Job satisfaction; Measurement; Quality of working life

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 53849140094     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2008.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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