Attaining organizational commitment across different generations of nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 984-991

  Carver, Lara ^a,b   Candela, Lori ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Boomers; Generation X; Millennial Generation; Nursing workforce; Organizational commitment

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AGE FACTORS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES;

EID: 57049128118     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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