The recruitment and retention of speech and language therapists: What do University students find important?

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^a,b   Hird, Kathryn ^c   Cocks, Naomi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 35048865840     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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