Job satisfaction and intention to leave: A questionnaire survey of hospital nurses in Shanghai of China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 255-263

  Liu, Cui ^a,b   Zhang, Lingjuan ^a,b   Ye, Wenqin ^a,b   Zhu, Jianying ^a,b   Cao, Jie ^a,b   Lu, Xiaoying ^a,b   Li, Fengping ^a,b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nursing Association in Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

China; Intention to leave; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Nursing; Shanghai; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84860423960     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03766.x     Document Type: Article

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