Beyond job security and money: Driving factors of motivation for government doctors in India

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Purohit, Bhaskar ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Tathagata ^b  

^a India   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84894673403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-12     Document Type: Article

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