Worker motivations, job satisfaction, and loyalty in public and nonprofit social services

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-248

  Borzaga, Carlo ^a,b   Tortia, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ISSAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incentive mix; Nonprofit organization; Social services; Worker loyalty; Worker satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646410951     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006287207     Document Type: Article

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