Meta-analysis of the reliability and validity of the Anticipated Turnover Scale across studies of registered nurses in the United States

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 862-873

  Barlow, Kathleen M ^a   Zangaro, George A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated turnover; Anticipated Turnover Scale; Nurse turnover; Registered nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958500033     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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