What factors attract and motivate dairy farm employees in their daily work?

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 5311-5316

  Kolstrup, Christina Lunner ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agriculture; attitudes; attraction; farm workers; Motivation; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859864733     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0049-5311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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