From income to pay satisfaction: The love of money and pay equity comparison as mediators and culture (the United States and Spain) and gender as moderators

Management Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-26

  Tang, Thomas Li Ping ^a   Luna Arocas, Roberto ^b   Sutarso, Toto ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Facultad de Economía Edificio Departamental Oriental Desp 1 C11   (Spain)

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EID: 85016700635     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15365430580001311     Document Type: Article

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