Work motivation and job satisfaction in the Nordic countries

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-136

  Eskildsen, Jacob K ^a   Kristensen, Kai ^a   Westlund, Anders H ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denmark; Finland; Job satisfaction; Motivation (psychology); Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986163141     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410511043     Document Type: Article

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