Pharmacist job turnover, length of service, and reasons for leaving, 1983-1997

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 975-984

  Mott, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Data collection; Demographics; Job satisfaction; Manpower; Pharmacists, community; Pharmacists, institutional; Salaries; Sex; Stress; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JOB SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034658203     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/57.10.975     Document Type: Article

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