Achieving job satisfaction VIA workplace spirituality: Pakistani doctors in focus

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-515

  Noor, Sarooj ^a   Arif, Sajjad ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MODERN LANGUAGES   (Pakistan)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Medical professionals'; Organizational spirituality; Pakistan; Personal spirituality; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952523913     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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