Flexicurity and job satisfaction in Europe: The importance of perceived and actual job stability for well-being at work

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Origo, Federica ^a   Pagani, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexicurity; Job satisfaction; POLS

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749084619     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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