The effect of autonomy, training opportunities, age and salaries on job satisfaction in the South East Asian retail petroleum industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3980-4007

  Hosie, Peter ^a   Jayashree, Payyazhi ^b   Tchantchane, Abdellatif ^b   Lee, Ban Seng ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Mammoet (S) Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

age; job characteristics; job satisfaction; retailing; salary; training opportunities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887063680     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.829517     Document Type: Article

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