Exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new staff nurses

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Weng, Rhay Hung ^a   Huang, Ching Yuan ^b   Tsai, Wen Chen ^c   Chang, Li Yu ^d   Lin, Syr En ^e   Lee, Mei Ying ^f  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e SAINT PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f ST MARTIN DE PORRES HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TEACHER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955533009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-240     Document Type: Article

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