Job satisfaction and turnover under the effect of personorganization fit in Albanian public organizations

Journal for East European Management Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-337

  Kasimati, Mimoza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Person organization fit; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355187574     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2011-4-315     Document Type: Article

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