The influence of personality traits on nurses' job satisfaction in Taiwan

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-484

  Chang, Y H ^a   Li, H H ^a   Wu, C M ^b   Wang, P C ^c  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ten Chan General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job Satisfaction; Negative Affectivity; Optimism; Personality; Proactive Self Esteem; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSES; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

EID: 78149353782     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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