Attitudes, attributes and institutions: Determining job satisfaction in Central and Eastern Europe

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-97

  Lange, Thomas ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Europe; Job satisfaction; Marxist economics; Social psychology; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049158605     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910916832     Document Type: Article

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