Levels of job satisfaction among healthcare providers in cghs dispensaries

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-422

  Bhandari, Priyanka ^a   Bagga, Rajni ^a   Nandan, Deoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

Healthcare providers; human resource management; job satisfaction; job security; motivation; physical work conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650388050     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: 09730729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097206341001200401     Document Type: Article

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