Towards a typology of nursing turnover: The role of shocks in nurses' decisions to leave

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-322

  Morrell, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurse turnover; Retention; Shocks; Typology; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 13544263452     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03290.x     Document Type: Article

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