Empirical study of public sector employee loyalty and satisfaction

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 675-696

  Turkyilmaz, Ali ^a   Akman, Gulsen ^b   Ozkan, Coskun ^b   Pastuszak, Zbigniew ^c  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Employees; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Public administration; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AFFECTING FACTORS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EFFECTING FACTORS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION; INSURANCE SECTORS; ISTANBUL; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TURKEY; TURKISHS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 80052224170     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111137250     Document Type: Article

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