Nurses' career commitment and job performance: Differences between intensive care units and wards

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-51

  Mrayyan, Majd T ^a   Al Faouri, Ibrahim ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Career commitment; Job performance; Nurse

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249121404     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987107079882     Document Type: Article

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