An examination of organizational commitment and professional commitment and the relationship to work environment, demographic and organizational factors

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-404

  Giffords, Elissa D ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic and organizational variables; Organizational commitment; Professional commitment; Social workers; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350532164     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017309346232     Document Type: Article

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