The quality of healthcare jobs: Can intrinsic rewards compensate for low extrinsic rewards?

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 802-822

  Morgan, Jennifer Craft ^a   Dill, Janette ^b   Kalleberg, Arne L ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

frontline workers; healthcare; job satisfaction; low wage work; mixed methods; organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885459101     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012474707     Document Type: Article

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