Job satisfaction and autonomy of Hong Kong registered nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-363

  Fung kam, Lee ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Hong kong; Job satisfaction; Nursing; Organization; Pay; Social interaction; Status; Tasks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FREEDOM; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FREEDOM; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031989330     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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