The job satisfaction-productivity nexus: A study using matched survey and register data

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-262

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Ilmakunnas, Pekka ^b  

^a Labour Institute for Economic Research   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employee well being; Firm performance; Job satisfaction; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862898833     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391206500203     Document Type: Review

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