A study of nurses' job satisfaction: The relationship to organizational commitment, perceived organizational support, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, and level of education

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-295

  Al Hussami, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Level of education; Nurses' job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Perceived organizational support; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249096979     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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