Correlates of intent to leave job and profession for emergency medical technicians and paramedics

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-503

  Chapman, Susan A ^a   Blau, Gary ^b   Pred, Robert ^b   Lopez, Andrea B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Medical personnel; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350752277     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910989861     Document Type: Article

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