Career success perception and work-related behaviour of employees in geriatric care - a pilot study in a German geriatric care facility

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Eith, Thilo K ^a   Stummer, Harald ^a   Schusterschitz, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Career success perception; Geriatric care; Germany; Health; Work related beha viour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951523599     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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