'Going private': A qualitative comparison of medical specialists' job satisfaction in the public and private sectors of South Africa

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ashmore, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Motivation; Private sector; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871718716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-1     Document Type: Article

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