Employed family physician satisfaction and commitment to their practice, work group, and health care organization

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 457-475

  Karsh, Ben Tzion ^c   Beasley, John W ^a   Brown, Roger L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Commitment; Family physicians; Job satisfaction; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77949282643     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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