Job satisfaction among Indian pharmacists: An exploration of affecting variables and suggestions for improvement in pharmacist role

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-16

  Ahmad, Akram ^a   Khan, Muhammad Umair ^a   Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed ^b   Jamshed, Shazia Qasim ^b   Nagappa, Anantha Naik ^c   Patel, Isha ^d   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^e  

^a UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factors; India; Job satisfaction; Pharmacists; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; SOCIOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84960945924     PISSN: 00195464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.1.2     Document Type: Article

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