Predictors of nurses' commitment to health care organisations

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 36-48

  Al Hussami, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organisational commitment; Perceived organisational support; Transformational leadership and level of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649887600     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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