Employee satisfaction in higher education: The case of academic and administrative staff in Turkey

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 347-356

  Küskü, Fatma ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employees; Higher education; Job satisfaction; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097684     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310505304     Document Type: Article

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