The love of money, pay satisfaction and academic tenure: Professors in a public institution of higher education

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-126

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Tang, Theresa Li Na ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tang Global Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Tenure; Demographic Variables; Income; Money Ethic; Pay Comparison; Pay Satisfaction; The Love of Money

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865496378     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102601204100106     Document Type: Article

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