Attitudes toward society, organisations, and work in the electronics industry in Finno-Ugrian countries

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-36

  Alas, Ruth ^a   Edwards, Vincent ^b  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Employee attitudes; Estonia; Finland; Hungary; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149093270     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260710720228     Document Type: Article

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