Trauma surgeon personality and job satisfaction: Results from a national survey

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-427

  Foulkrod, Kelli H ^a   Field, Craig ^a   Brown, Carlos V R ^a  

^a University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; ARTICLE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPENNESS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; SURGEON;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950452354     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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