Intention to leave nursing: The importance of interpersonal work context, work-home interference, and job satisfaction beyond the effect of occupational commitment

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 616-635

  Van Der Heijden, Beatrice I j m ^a   Van Dam, Karen ^b   Hasselhorn, Hans Martin ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employee turnover; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949100173     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430911005681     Document Type: Article

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