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Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 13-19 , 2007

Nurses' Motivators to Work Part-Time

  • Lynn N. Jamieson, RN PhD

      Affiliations

    • Central Queensland Health Service District, Queensland
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr Lynn Jamieson
    • ,
  • Leonie Mosel Williams, RN PhD (Faculty of Science)

      Affiliations

    • Health and Education, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
    • ,
  • William Lauder, RN PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee, Scotland
    • ,
  • Trudy Dwyer, RN PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health, Central Queensland University, Queensland

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