Job satisfaction as a function of job level

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-291

  Aronson, Keith R ^a   Laurenceau, Jean Phillipe ^b   Sieveking, Nicholas ^c   Bellet, William ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bellet Sieveking and Associates ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844292764     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-004-0845-2     Document Type: Article

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