The impact of CAF enablers on job satisfaction: the case of the Slovenian Law Enforcement Agency

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 1336-1351

  Tomaževič, Nina ^a   Seljak, Janko ^a   Aristovnik, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

CAF model; enablers; excellence; facets of satisfaction; job satisfaction; law enforcement agency; reward system; salary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920137666     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2013.844914     Document Type: Article

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