Care-home providers as professionals: Understanding the motivations of care-home providers in England

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-126

  Matosevic, Tihana ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a   Kendall, Jeremy ^a   Henderson, Catherine ^a   Fernandez, José Luis ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home providers; Care home services; Career choice; Intrinsic motivation; Older people; Professional motivation

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; LABOR RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SERVICE PROVISION; SERVICE SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847287857     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005290     Document Type: Article

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