Job role quality and intention to leave current facility and to leave profession of direct care workers in Japanese residential facilities for elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-108

  Nakanishi, Miharu ^a   Imai, Hisato ^b  

^a 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

^b Mature Life Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiving formal; Job role quality; Long term care; Nursing homes; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; JAPANESE; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHANGE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 80054880490     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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