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  1. Social Sciences Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

    Keith R. Aronson

  2. Children, Youth, and Families Consortium, The Pennsylvania State University, 105 Health and Human Development East Building, University Park, PA, 16802

    Keith R. Aronson

  3. University of Miami, University Park

    Jean-Phillipe Laurenceau

  4. Psychological and Counseling Center, Vanderbilt University, University Park

    Nicholas Sieveking

  5. Consulting Clinical Psychologist, Bellet

    William Bellet

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Aronson, K.R., Laurenceau, JP., Sieveking, N. et al. Job Satisfaction as a Function of Job Level. Adm Policy Ment Health 32, 285–291 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-004-0845-2

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