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Boredom in the Workplace: Reasons, Impact, and Solutions

Michelle ClearyUniversity of Tasmania, Faculty of Health, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD, RN,
Jan SayersIndependent Research Adviser, Sydney, Australia
, PhD, RN,
Violeta LopezNational University of Singapore, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore City, Singapore
, PhD, RN &
Catherine HungerfordCharles Sturt University, School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Indigenous Health, Wagga Wagga, Australia
, PhD, RN
Pages 83-89 | Received 24 Jun 2015, Accepted 13 Aug 2015, Published online: 10 Feb 2016

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