Exploring the profiles of nurses' job satisfaction in Macau: Results of a cluster analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 470-478

  Chan, Moon Fai ^a   Leong, Sok Man ^b   Luk, Andrew Leung ^b   Yeung, Siu Ming ^b   Van, Iat Kio ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; Nurses; Nursing; Satisfaction; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MACAO; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MACAU; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 74549159088     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02902.x     Document Type: Article

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