Turnover Intention Among Hospital-Based Registered Nurses in the Eastern Caribbean

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Lansiquot, Beverley Anne ^a   Tullai Mcguinness, Susan ^b   Madigan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Sir Arthur Lewis Community College   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse migration; Nursing human resources policy; Turnover intention; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL AMERICA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861703803     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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