Career needs, career development programmes, organizational commitment and turnover intention of nurses in Taiwan

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 801-810

  Chang, Pao Long ^a   Chou, Ying Chyi ^b   Cheng, Fei Chun ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career development programme; Career needs; Commitment; Gap; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTENTION; JOB SATISFACTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SELF EFFICACY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348958920     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2007.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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