Retaining nurses and other hospital workers: An intergenerational perspective of the work climate

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-422

  Lavoie Tremblay, Melanie ^a   Paquet, Maxime ^b   Duchesne, Marie Anick ^b   Santo, Anelise ^b   Gavrancic, Ana ^c   Courcy, François ^d   Gagnon, Serge ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Research and Intervention Centre for Healthy Organizations   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generational characteristics; Multigenerational workforce; Nursing; Turnover; Work climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POPULATION GROWTH; QUEBEC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649558086     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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