The relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave current employment among registered nurses in a teaching hospital

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 21-22, 2013, Pages 3141-3152

  Ramoo, Vimala ^a   Abdullah, Khatijah L ^a   Piaw, Chua Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intention to leave; Job satisfaction; Malaysian nurses; Nursing; Teaching hospital; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO LEAVE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN NURSES; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURNOVER TIME;

INTENTION TO LEAVE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIAN NURSES; NURSING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TURNOVER;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84885736521     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12260     Document Type: Article

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