Why do nurses intend to leave their organization? A large-scale analysis in long-term care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2826-2838

  Tummers, Lars G ^a,b   Groeneveld, Sandra M ^a   Lankhaar, Marcel ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c PwC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Care homes; Home care; Intention to leave the organization; Leadership; Long term care; Nurses; Nursing homes; Quality of work; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; CARE HOMES; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF WORK; TURNOVER TIME;

AUTONOMY; CARE HOMES; HOME CARE; INTENTION TO LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION; LEADERSHIP; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF WORK; TURNOVER;

HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL LOYALTY;

EID: 84887823561     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12249     Document Type: Article

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