Job satisfaction and retention of social workers in public agencies, non-profit agencies, and private practice: the impact of workplace conditions and motivators.
The authors examine a selected array of agency-influenced work and employment conditions and assess their impact upon social workers' job satisfaction, motivation, and intention to seek new employment. The study makes correlations with past empirical studies on job satisfaction and retention, with staff development concerns as stated in social work administration textbooks, and with conditions subject to administrators' influence. Some specified motivational issues included are salary, fringe benefits, job security, physical surroundings, and safety. The analysis demonstrates the contribution of certain contextual and motivational factors to a prediction of job satisfaction or of intent to leave the organization.
School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
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D000328:Adult; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012947:Social Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data