Chilean social workers and job satisfaction: The impact of psychological states and role stress

Abstract

The main goals of this study were to compare levels of job satisfaction (JS) between social workers from private and public organizations. Findings showed significant differences in scores for job satisfaction, psychological states, and role stress between the two groups.

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Chile job satisfaction psychological states role stress social workers

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