Determinants of job satisfaction among nurses in Kuwait

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 10-16

  Shah, Makhdoom A ^a   Al Enezi, Naser ^a   Chowdhury, Rafiq I ^a   Al Otabi, Mohammed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Background characteristics; Global scale; Job satisfaction; Neutral score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSES;

EID: 49649109708     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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