Job disamenities, job satisfaction, quit intentions, and actual separations: Putting the pieces together

Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-96

  Böckerman, Petri ^a,b   Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^a,b  

^a Department of Economic Research ^*  (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; JOB SEARCH; LABOR RELATIONS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 57749119185     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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