The interaction of job satisfaction, job search, and job changes. An empirical investigation with german panel data

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-384

  Cornelißen, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Job changes; Job mobility; Job satisfaction; Job search

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349106763     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-008-9094-5     Document Type: Article

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