Motivation and job satisfaction among medical and nursing staff in a Cyprus public general hospital

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lambrou, Persefoni ^a,b   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^a   Niakas, Dimitris ^a  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

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EID: 78149494624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-26     Document Type: Article

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