Views of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in Australian long-term care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-176

  Moyle, Wendy ^a   Skinner, Jan ^b   Rowe, Gillian ^b   Gork, Chris ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Blue Care Brisbane South Region   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Job dissatisfaction; Job satisfaction; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; TEAMWORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0141988682     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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