Retaining Social Workers: The Role of Quality of Work and Psychosocial Safety Climate for Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment

• Published in: Administration in social work Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
• Main Authors: Geisler, Martin, Berthelsen, Hanne, Muhonen, Tuija
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 01.01.2019; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Family conflict; Family work relationship; Job satisfaction; Occupational roles; Organizational commitment; psychosocial safety climate; quality; Quality of work; retention; Role conflict; Social support; Social workers; work engagement

The present study investigated how psychosocial safety climate (PSC), job demands (role conflict and work-family conflict), job resources (social support from superiors and social community at work), and assessments for quality of work relate to social workers' work engagement, job satisfaction...