The impact of the spatial qualities of the workplace on architectś job satisfaction1

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-64

  Salama, Ashraf M ^a   Courtney, Leanne ^b  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b RIBA Part II   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Architects; Job satisfaction; Professional practice; Spatial qualities; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882680114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19946961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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