Determinants of job satisfaction for salaried and self-employed professionals in Finland

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2034-2053

  Hytti, Ulla ^a   Kautonen, Teemu ^a,b   Akola, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employment status; Finland; job satisfaction; professionals; salary earners; self employed; work characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877005634     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.723023     Document Type: Article

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