Casualized employment and turnover intention: Home care workers in Ontario, Canada

Health Policy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-268

  Zeytinoglu, Isik U ^a   Denton, Margaret ^b   Davies, Sharon ^c   Plenderleith, Jennifer Millen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Casualized employment; Home care workers; Perceived insecurity; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE; JOB MARKET; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650585964     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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