Job satisfaction of nurses and identifying factors of job satisfaction in Slovenian hospitals

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Lorber, Mateja ^a   Savič, Brigita Skela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE; SLOVENIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866443437     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2012.53.263     Document Type: Article

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