Job satisfaction among public health professionals working in public sector: A cross sectional study from Pakistan

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Ahmed, Jamil ^a   Shaikh, Babar Tasneem ^a   Hafeez, Rehan ^a   Hafeez, Assad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Health professionals; Job descriptions; Job satisfaction; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872042922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-2     Document Type: Article

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