Physician job satisfaction across six major specialties

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 548-559

  Duffy, Ryan D ^a   Richard, George V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Medical specialties; Physicians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646574666     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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