Relationship between personality traits, job satisfaction, and job involvement among Taiwanese community health volunteers

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-282

  Li, I Chuan ^a,d   Lin, Mei Chih ^b   Chen, Ching Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Dong Guang Junior High School   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d 2nd Section Bei tou   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health volunteers; Job involvement; Job satisfaction; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34247505652     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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