The Effects of Health Care Reforms on Job Satisfaction and Voluntary Turnover among Hospital-Based Nurses

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 634-645

  Davidson, Harriet ^a,d   Folcarelli, Patricia H ^a   Crawford, Sybil ^b   Duprat, Laura J ^c   Clifford, Joyce C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurses; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COST CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031159210     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199706000-00008     Document Type: Article

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