Fast-track for fast times: Catching and keeping Generation Y in the nursing workforce

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-158

  Walker, Kim ^a,b,c  

^a St Vincent's Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Futurity; Generation Y; Recognition; Remuneration; Reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547540078     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.24.2.147     Document Type: Article

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