Effect of sexual orientation on job satisfaction: Evidence from Greece

Industrial Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-187

  Drydakis, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Scientific Centre for the Study of Discrimination   (Greece)

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EID: 84919459567     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irel.12080     Document Type: Article

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