An Overview of Job Embeddedness

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 320-327

  Reitz, O Ed ^a   Anderson, Mary Ann ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Job embeddedness; Nurse retention; Nurse turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EMPLOYMENT; NURSES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 80053028311     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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