Dimensions of hospital nurses' quality of working life

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-131

  Hsu, Ming Yi ^a   Kernohan, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Hospital nurses; Qualitative research; Quality of working life; Research report; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645096447     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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