Testing for the impact of correlates on medical technologists' intent to leave their jobs

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-100

  Blau, Gary ^a   Ward Cook, Kory ^b,c   Edgar, Laura Culver ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

^c National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB FINDING; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JOB APPLICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745840178     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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