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The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction

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The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction. / Petrescu, A I; Simmons, R; Bradley, S.
Lancaster University: The Department of Economics, 2004. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Petrescu, AI, Simmons, R & Bradley, S 2004 'The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction' Economics Working Paper Series, The Department of Economics, Lancaster University.

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Petrescu, A. I., Simmons, R., & Bradley, S. (2004). The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction. (Economics Working Paper Series). The Department of Economics.

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Petrescu AI, Simmons R, Bradley S. The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction. Lancaster University: The Department of Economics. 2004. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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Petrescu, A I ; Simmons, R ; Bradley, S. / The impacts of human resource management practices and pay inequality on workers' job satisfaction. Lancaster University : The Department of Economics, 2004. (Economics Working Paper Series).

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