Family structures on income and career satisfaction of managers in Singapore

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 464-476

  Chew Keng Howe, Irene ^a   Liao, Ziqi ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Careers; Family life; Income; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133166     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621719910273587     Document Type: Article

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