Staff nurses' intention to remain employed in small- and medium-sized hospitals, with a focus on their working conditions

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-198

  Nakamura, Etsuko ^a   Tanabe, Naohito ^a   Sekii, Akiko ^a   Honda, Akiko ^a   Hoshino, Emiko ^a   Seki, Nao ^b   Sumida, Akihiko ^c   Sekiya, Akiyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Management by objectives; Nurse; Path analysis; Working environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF NURSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950427438     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.220.191     Document Type: Article

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