Effect of gender and education on the quality of nursing work life of Jordanian nurses

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-94

  Al Ma'aitah, Rowaida ^a   Cameron, Sheila ^b   Armstrong Stassen, Marjorie ^b   Horsburgh, M Elizabeth ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033089978     PISSN: 10942831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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