Predicting nursing turnover with catastrophe theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2071-2084

  Wagner, Cheryl M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe theory; Management; Nursing models; Nursing nonlinear theory; Nursing turnover; Research methods; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955243763     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05388.x     Document Type: Article

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