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The quality of employment in the nonprofit sector: An update on employee attitudes in nonprofits versus business and government
Author(s) -
Mirvis Philip H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.4130030104
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , business , private sector , nonprofit sector , sample (material) , quality (philosophy) , public relations , survey data collection , marketing , economics , political science , economic growth , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , chromatography
Results from a survey of a national sample of 1,190 working adults update findings collected in 1977 (Mirvis and Hackett, 1983) on the characteristics and attitudes of people working in nonprofits. As in the earlier survey, it shows that people employed in the private nonprofit sector gain more satisfaction from their jobs than their counterparts in business and government and have more trust in their management. still, people working in nonprofits are just as concerned that their employers will “take advantage” of them and, in contrast to the 1977 survey, are no more psychologically committed to their organizations than are people in the other sectors.