The correlation of mentoring and job satisfaction: A pilot study of mental health professionals

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-487

  Lee, Cheryl D ^b   Del Carmen Montiel, Eliette ^a  

^a Northeast Mental Health Center   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Mental health professionals; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80053904341     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-010-9356-7     Document Type: Article

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