Investigating the Latent Factors of Quality of Work-Life Affecting Construction Craft Worker Job Satisfaction

AbstractPrevious research in other disciplines identified that job satisfaction plays a major role in employee performance and retention. This paper examines the relationship between job satisfacti...

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