Developing a tool to measure health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mbindyo, Patrick M ^a   Blaauw, Duane ^b   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   English, Mike ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649745939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-40     Document Type: Article

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