Job satisfaction and intention to quit among frontline assisted living employees

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-131

  Purk, Janice K ^a   Lindsay, Scott ^b  

^a MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sunrise Healthcare Systems

Author keywords

Assisted living; Job satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749505686     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v20n01_07     Document Type: Article

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