Worker Satisfaction Following Employment Restructuring: Effects of Nonstandard Workers and Downsizing on Job Satisfaction in Taiwan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-467

  Ko, Jyh Jer Roger ^a   Yeh, Ying Jung Yvonne ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Job satisfaction; Nonstandard workers; Quality of work life; Regular workers; Restructuring of employment relationship

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREND ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84872497861     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9937-z     Document Type: Article

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