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Workplace Attitudes, Experiences, and Job Satisfaction of Social Work Administrators in Nonprofit and Public Agencies: 1981 and 1989
dc.contributor.authorVmokur-Kaplan, Dianeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-14T14:04:53Z
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dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.identifier.citationVmokur-Kaplan, Diane (1996). "Workplace Attitudes, Experiences, and Job Satisfaction of Social Work Administrators in Nonprofit and Public Agencies: 1981 and 1989." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 25(1): 89-109. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68874>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0899-7640en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68874
dc.description.abstractThis article profiles workplace attitudes, experiences, and job satisfaction of social work administrators employed in nonprofit and public agencies during the dramatic social service changes of the 1980s. Secondary analysis of national, cross-sectional surveys of National Association of Social Work members in 1981 and 1989 reveal changes over time and by nonprofit versus public agency auspices regarding sense of professional competencies, working conditions, job stressors, and sense of professional support. Job satisfaction of managers in both sectors is significantly predicted in a multiple regression by a sense of challenge, promotion opportunities, and lack of value conflict in the work they do. The findings also reveal greater concrete rewards but declining promotion opportunities among the nonprofit administrators and a greater sense of challenge but declining income among public agency administrators. The findings suggest several directions for social work education and management training.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleWorkplace Attitudes, Experiences, and Job Satisfaction of Social Work Administrators in Nonprofit and Public Agencies: 1981 and 1989en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0899764096251007en_US
dc.identifier.sourceNonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterlyen_US
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