Internationally educated health professionals: Workforce integration and retention

Healthcare Papers

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 8-20

  Baumann, Andrea ^a   Blythe, Jennifer ^a   Ross, Dana ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ontario Hospital Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOREIGN WORKER; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ACCULTURATION; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955910747     PISSN: 1488917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpap.2010.21795     Document Type: Article

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