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Motivation of Knowledge Workers – the Case of Albania

By: Peter Nientied and  Merita Toska  
Open Access
|Mar 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2019-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1581-1832 | Journal ISSN: 1318-5454
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 44
Submitted on: Sep 3, 2018
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Accepted on: Jan 30, 2019
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Published on: Mar 28, 2019
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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