The impact of various factors on the personality, job satisfaction and turnover intentions of professional accountants

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 234-245

  Dole, Carol ^a   Schroeder, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Decision making; Ethnic groups; Gender; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146476     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900110389188     Document Type: Review

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