Employee satisfaction, intrapreneurship and firm growth: A model

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Antoncic, Jasna Auer ^a   Antoncic, Bostjan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Business development; Employee behaviour; Employees; Entreprenurialism; Job satisfaction; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOUR; EMPLOYEES; ENTREPRENURIALISM; SLOVENIA;

JOB SATISFACTION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79955688518     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111133560     Document Type: Article

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