Job satisfaction of nurses in a Saudi Arabian university teaching hospital: A cross-sectional study

International Nursing Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 424-430

  Al Dossary, R ^a,b   Vail, J ^b   MacFarlane, F ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurses; Saudi Arabia; University teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84865347086     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2012.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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