The relationship between personal traits and job satisfaction among Taiwanese community health volunteers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1061-1067

  Lin, Mei Chih ^a   Li, I Chuan ^b   Lin, Kuan Chia ^c  

^a Dong Guang Junior High School   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health volunteer; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Nursing; Personality trait

Indexed keywords

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

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34249034644     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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