Job dissatisfaction among public hospital physicians is a universal problem: Evidence from Turkey

Health Care Manager

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-129

  Kisa, Sezer ^a   Kisa, Adnan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Turkish physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33745641340     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200604000-00004     Document Type: Article

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