An exploration of factors predicting work alienation of knowledge workers

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-615

  Nair, Nisha ^a   Vohra, Neharika ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Job satisfaction; Knowledge organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951985582     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011041373     Document Type: Article

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