The relationship of role-related variables to job satisfaction and commitment to the organization in a restructured hospital environment

Physical Therapy

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 984-999

  Lopopolo, Rosalie B ^a  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment to the organization; Hospital restructuring; Job satisfaction; Occupational commitment; Organizational commitment; Professional role behaviors; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0036790014     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/82.10.984     Document Type: Article

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