Culture, industrialisation and multiple domains of employees' job satisfaction: A case for HR strategy redesign in India

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2438-2451

  Lange, Thomas ^a   Pacheco, Gail ^b   Shrotryia, Vijay Kumar ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural traits; India; Industrialisation; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049268201     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.516595     Document Type: Article

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