Work attitudes of social workers across three sectors of welfare organizations: Public, for-profit, and third sector

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 69-92

  Freund, Anat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

For profit; Public; Social workers; Third sector social welfare organizations; Work attitudes; Workplace attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844403226     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v31n03_04     Document Type: Article

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