Job insecurity and intent to leave the nursing profession in Europe

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-438

  Laine, Marjukka ^a   van der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^b   Wickstrom, Gustav ^a   Hasselhorn, Hans Martin ^c   Tackenberg, Peter ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d German Nurses Association   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concern about being unable to work; Europe; Intent to leave; Nursing sector; Quantitative and qualitative job insecurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849110800     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802673486     Document Type: Article

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