Job satisfaction: A critical, understudied facet of workforce development in public health

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages S46-S55

  Harper, Elizabeth ^a   Castrucci, Brian C ^b   Bharthapudi, Kiran ^a   Sellers, Katie ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^b De Beaumont Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Public health; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943154557     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000296     Document Type: Article

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