Nursing recruitment: Relationship between perceived employer image and nursing employees' recommendations

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-375

  Van Hoye, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Employer image; Instrumental symbolic framework; Nursing; Nursing homes; Questionnaire survey; Recruitment; Testimonial; Word of mouth recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREER MOBILITY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 47849113186     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04710.x     Document Type: Article

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