Personal and organizational diversity factors' impact on social workers' job satisfaction: Results from a national internet-based survey

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-166

  Acquavita, Shauna P ^a   Pittman, Joan ^a   Gibbons, Maya ^a   Castellanos Brown, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Inclusion; Internet; Job satisfaction; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449111749     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643100902768824     Document Type: Article

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