Nepotism, favoritism and cronyism: A study of their effects on job stress and job satisfaction in the banking industry of North Cyprus

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1237-1250

  Arasli, Huseyin ^a   Tumer, Mustafa ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Cronyism; Cyprus; Favoritism; Nepotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249122267     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2008.36.9.1237     Document Type: Article

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