The Impact of organizational socialization tactics on role ambiguity and role conflict of newly hired social workers

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 69-87

  Jaskyte, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human service organizations; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744456470     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v29n04_05     Document Type: Review

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