The mediating role of job satisfaction between leader-member exchange and turnover intentions

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Han, Guohong Helen ^a   Jekel, Marc ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; LMX; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651355792     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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