The paradox of falling job satisfaction with rising job stickiness in the German nursing workforce between 1990 and 2013

Mohamad Alameddine; Jan Michael Bauer; Martin Richter; Alfonso Sousa-Poza

doi:10.1186/s12960-017-0228-x

journal article Aug 29, 2017

The paradox of falling job satisfaction with rising job stickiness in the German nursing workforce between 1990 and 2013

Mohamad Alameddine

Jan Michael Bauer Martin Richter Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Human Resources for Health Vol. 15 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Mohamad Alameddine, Jan Michael Bauer, Martin Richter, et al. (2017). The paradox of falling job satisfaction with rising job stickiness in the German nursing workforce between 1990 and 2013. Human Resources for Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-017-0228-x

The paradox of falling job satisfaction with rising job stickiness in the German nursing workforce between 1990 and 2013

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