Market-modelled home care: Impact on job satisfaction and propensity to leave

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Denton, Margaret ^a   Zeytinoglu, Isik ^b   Kusch, Karen ^a   Davies, Sharon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; MODEL; OECD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 34147222104     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/g551-755v-12w7-2551     Document Type: Article

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