The effects of top management professional development on administrator turnover

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-418

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Shugarman, Lisa R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Top management; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; RESEARCH; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 27244433863     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464805279976     Document Type: Article

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