Organizational culture as a predictor of job satisfaction: The role of gender and age

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-19

  Bellou, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gender; Greece; Hospitals; Job satisfaction; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549124453     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011020862     Document Type: Article

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