A proposed instrument for the assessment of job satisfaction in Greek Mental NHS Hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Labiris, Georgios ^a   Gitona, Kleoniki ^a   Drosou, Vasiliki ^b   Niakas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Intermedico Network   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Herzberg; Job satisfaction; LISREL; Mental hospital; Motivation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49949152475     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9138-8     Document Type: Article

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