Job satisfaction of nursing home administrators and turnover

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-211

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Engberg, John ^b   Anderson, Ruth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Quality; Top management; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING HOME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; TURNOVER TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL LOYALTY;

EID: 34147120029     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706298291     Document Type: Article

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