Men's sexual orientation and job satisfaction

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 901-917

  Drydakis, Nick ^a,b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination in employment; Greece; Job satisfaction; Pay; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878837233     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721211280371     Document Type: Article

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