Facets of job satisfaction of dental practitioners working in different organisational settings in England

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Harris, R V ^a   Ashcroft, A ^a   Burnside, G ^a   Dancer, J M ^b   Smith, D ^c   Grieveson, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Mersey Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

DENTISTS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; STATE DENTISTRY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38149008946     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1204     Document Type: Article

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