The effects of faculty demographic characteristics and disciplinary context on dimensions of job satisfaction

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-381

  Seifert, Tricia A ^a   Umbach, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Diversity; Faculty; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249086163     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-007-9084-1     Document Type: Article

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