Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 7 no. 5 (2026)

Motivation to Stay, Job Satisfaction, and Workplace Challenges Among Regular Employees Amidst the Privatization of Government-Owned Casinos

Percival B. Salise | Rolando R. Calma | Aira Mae M. Salamatin | Ken Paul M. Espinosa | Sammy Isidro P. Pagaduan | Michele G. Mendoza

Discipline: human resource management

 



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