Why do nurses change jobs? An empirical study on determinants of specific nurses' post-exit destinations

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 817-826

  Homburg, Vincent ^a   van der Heijden, Beatrice ^b,c,d   Valkenburg, Lukas ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e Studelta   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intention to leave; Nurse post exit destinations; Nurse turnover; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENTION TO LEAVE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE POST-EXIT DESTINATIONS; NURSE TURNOVER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TURNOVER INTENTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

INTENTION TO LEAVE; NURSE POST-EXIT DESTINATIONS; NURSE TURNOVER; TURNOVER INTENTIONS;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883746588     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12142     Document Type: Article

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