Generation Y employees' retail work experience: The mediating effect of job characteristics

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-556

  Kim, HaeJung ^a   Knight, Dee K ^a   Crutsinger, Christy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation Y; Job characteristics; Job crafting; Job satisfaction model; Retail work experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849171767     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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