Predicting absenteeism and turnover intentions by past absenteeism and work attitudes: An empirical examination of female employees in long term nursing care facilities

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-432

  Cohen, Aaron ^a   Golan, Ronit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Employee attitudes; Employee turnover; Israel; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547520480     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710773745     Document Type: Article

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