The relationship between job satisfaction and demographic variables for healthcare professionals

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 304-325

  Kavanaugh, Joe ^a   Duffy, Ann ^a   Lilly, Juliana ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Health services; Job satisfaction; Monitoring; Motivation (psychology); Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993021064     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610683842     Document Type: Article

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