How serious of a problem is staff turnover in substance abuse treatment? A longitudinal study of actual turnover

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-271

  Eby, Lillian T ^a   Burk, Hannah ^a   Maher, Charleen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical supervisors; Employee retention; Substance abuse counselors; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956412266     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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