Job motivators in Russian and Polish retail firms

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 383-393

  Huddleston, Patricia ^a   Good, Linda K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Motivation; Poland; Retail trade; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145244     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590559910292843     Document Type: Article

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