Job satisfaction and emotional subjective well-being among Slovak nurses

International Nursing Review

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-100

  Gurkova E ^a   Cap J ^a   Ziakova K ^a   Duriskova M ^a  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Emotions; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Slovakia; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857065057     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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