Factors associated with high job satisfaction among care workers in Swiss nursing homes - A cross sectional survey study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schwendimann, René ^a   Dhaini, Suzanne ^a   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^a,b   Engberg, Sandra ^a,c   Zúñiga, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Province College for Health Care Professions Claudiana   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Care workers; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Nursing homes; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973305012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-016-0160-8     Document Type: Article

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