Job satisfaction among University faculty: Individual, work, and institutional determinants

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-186

  Bozeman, Barry ^a   Gaughan, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 80051604779     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2011.0011     Document Type: Article

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