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April 1983

Work and work force characteristics in the nonprofit sector

Philip H. Murvis, Edward J. Hackett

Nonprofit jobs provide more challenge, variety, satisfaction, and intrinsic rewards than those in private enterprise or government, according to a small national sample of workers in schools, hospitals, philanthropic and other tax-exempt organizations.

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