Job satisfaction of staff and the team environment in Australian general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Harris, Mark F ^a   Proudfoot, Judy G ^a   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Holton, Christine H ^b   Powell Davies, Gawaine P ^a   Amoroso, Cheryl L ^a   Bubner, Tanya K ^b   Beilby, Justin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEAMWORK; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34250626103     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01055.x     Document Type: Article

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