A study of the drivers of commitment amongst nurses: The salience of training, development and career issues

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 528-568

  McCabe, Thomas Joseph ^a   Garavan, Thomas N ^b  

^a NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Career development; Health services; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449113442     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590810899829     Document Type: Article

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