Personality traits and career satisfaction of health care professionals

Health Care Manager

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Richardson, John D ^a   Lounsbury, John W ^a,b   Bhaskar, Tripti ^a   Gibson, Lucy W ^b   Drost, Adam W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b eCareerfitcom   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Health care; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

EID: 69849102487     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e3181b3e9c7     Document Type: Article

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