Do personality traits predict work outcomes of certified nursing assistants?

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-261

  Kovach, Christine R ^a   Simpson, Michelle R ^b   Reitmaier, Amy B ^d   Johnson, Addie ^c   Kelber, Sheryl T ^c  

^a Self management Science Center   (United States)

^b Australia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952109180     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20100330-03     Document Type: Article

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