How do workers decide their jobs? The influence of income, wage and job characteristics

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 189-204

  García, Inmaculada ^a   Molina, José Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 55449089657     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199906)20:4<189::AID-MDE930>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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