Workplace fun: The moderating effects of generational differences

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-631

  Lamm, Eric ^a   Meeks, Michael D ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350306427     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910991767     Document Type: Article

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