A Brief Index of Affective Job Satisfaction

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-307

  Thompson, Edmund R ^a   Phua, Florence T T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affective job satisfaction; Brayfield and Rothe; brief measure; development and validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863199974     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111434201     Document Type: Article

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