Traditional versus Secular Values and the Job-Life Satisfaction Relationship Across Europe

British Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-454

  Georgellis, Yannis ^a   Lange, Thomas ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84857793238     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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