Issues and challenges in recruitment for government doctors in Gujarat, India

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Purohit, Bhaskar ^a   Martineau, Tim ^b  

^a India   (India)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction and Retention; Civil Service; Gujarat; Human Resource Management; India; Medical Officers; Public Service Commission; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; JOB SECURITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; PENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECOGNITION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALARY; TURNOVER TIME; WORK EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84978696171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0140-9     Document Type: Article

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