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Evaluation of job satisfaction in a sample of Spanish social workers through the ‘Job Satisfaction Survey’ scale

Evaluación de la satisfacción laboral en una muestra de trabajadores sociales españoles mediante la escala ‘Job Satisfaction Survey’

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