Personality characteristics of staff in elderly care - A cross-cultural comparison

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-100

  Richter, Jörg ^a,b   Åström, Sture ^c,d   Isaksson, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Regional Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREER CHOICE; CHARACTER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84856369231     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.624675     Document Type: Article

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