Organizational and environmental effects on voluntary and involuntary turnover

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 360-369

  Donoghue, Christopher ^a   Castle, Nicholas G ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental characteristics; Involuntary turnover; Nursing homes; Organizational characteristics; Voluntary turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; REGISTERED NURSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CAREER MOBILITY; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349045989     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000296791.16257.44     Document Type: Article

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