IT employee job satisfaction in the public sector

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1070-1097

  Kim, Soonhee ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender difference; IT employee; Job characteristics; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449397973     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690903170303     Document Type: Article

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