Organizational commitment of social workers: An exploratory study

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-241

  Jaskyte, Kristina ^a   Lee, Minhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Social workers; Socialization tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449087198     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643100902987283     Document Type: Article

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