Should I stay or should I go? Exploring the job preferences of allied health professionals working with people with disability in rural Australia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gallego, Gisselle ^a,b   Dew, Angela ^b,c   Lincoln, Michelle ^b   Bundy, Anita ^b   Chedid, Rebecca Jean ^a   Bulkeley, Kim ^b   Brentnall, Jennie ^a   Veitch, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Best worst scaling; Disability; Preferences; Retention; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933503070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0047-x     Document Type: Article

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