A Proposed Model for Predicting Job Satisfaction Among Nursing Home Social Workers

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 65-79

  Gleasonwynn, Patricia ^a   Mindel, Charles H ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Job retention; Job satisfaction; Long term care; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041107247     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v32n03_05     Document Type: Article

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