Nurses' intention to leave: Critically analyse the theory of reasoned action and organizational commitment model

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-99

  Liou, Shwu Ru ^a,b  

^a Chiayi Campus ^*  (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intention to leave; Organizational Commitment model; Predicting concepts; Theory of Reasoned Action

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SCHOOLS, NURSING; TAIWAN;

EID: 58049145325     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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