Job satisfaction among employees of a youth development organization

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-73

  Petty, Gregory C ^a   Brewer, Ernest W ^a,b   Brown, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Job satisfaction; Youth organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844298877     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-004-0882-8     Document Type: Article

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