Contingency, employment intentions, and retention of vulnerable low-wage workers: An examination of nursing assistants in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-234

  Dill, Janette S ^a   Morgan, Jennifer Craft ^b   Marshall, Victor W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving formal; Long term care; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTENTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84874850230     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns085     Document Type: Article

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