Selection, optimization, and compensation in nursing: Exploration of job-specific strategies, scale development, and age-specific associations to work ability

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1630-1642

  Müller, Andreas ^a   Weigl, Matthias ^b   Heiden, Barbara ^b   Herbig, Britta ^b   Glaser, Jürgen ^c   Angerer, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ageing; Compensation; Demographic change; Nurses; Nursing; Optimization; Selection; SOC; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878657687     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12026     Document Type: Article

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