Outcomes of physician job satisfaction: a narrative review, implications, and directions for future research.
The decline in physician job satisfaction is well documented, but its impact on physicians and patients is not. This article reviews 44 articles that address these impacts. Four findings emerge from this study along with recommendations for improving the measurement and management of job satisfaction.
Williams
Eric S
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Department of Management and Marketing, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
Skinner
Asheley Cockrell
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D019049:Developed Countries; D005194:Family Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D033262:Narration; D010563:Personnel Turnover / Q000191:economics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care