Nursing generations in the contemporary workplace

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-159

  Blythe, Jennifer ^a   Baumann, Andrea ^a   Zeytinoglu, Isik U ^b   Denton, Margaret ^a   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Davies, Sharon ^b   Kolotylo, Camille ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 46449116144     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102600803700201     Document Type: Article

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