background: psychological characteristics affect the quality of life. this study aimed at determining the relationship between personal characteristics, internal locus of control , psychological hardiness and nurses’ quality of life. methods: in this correlation study, 297 nurses were selected based on curgesy and morgan table via multistage cluster sampling among 1023 nurses of the public hosp...

German unification and the subsequent breakdown of economic activity in East Germany initiated enormous migration flows from East to West Germany. People from East Germany moved towards West Germany, where wages are higher and employment opportunities are more favourable. Our paper takes a somewhat broader perspective; it analyses migration flows between four macro regions, i.e. East, North, So...