Validation of a Job Satisfaction Scale in the Australian Clinical Medical Workforce

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-76

  Hills, Danny ^a   Joyce, Catherine ^a   Humphreys, John ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

doctor; factor analysis; job satisfaction; medical; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857089097     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278710397339     Document Type: Review

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