Flexible employment and nurses' intention to leave the profession: The role of support at work

Health Policy

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Zeytinoglu, Isik U ^a   Denton, Margaret ^b,c   Plenderleith, Jennifer Millen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible employment; Intention to leave the profession; Job insecurity; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PEER GROUP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PEER GROUP; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78651512462     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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