Turn-over rate of academic faculty at the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University: A 20-year analysis (1991 to 2011)

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hailu, Alemayehu ^a,c   Mariam, Damen H ^a,c   Fekade, Daniel ^b,c   Derbew, Miliard ^b,c   Mekasha, Amha ^b,c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Medical Education Partnership Initiative   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa University; Ethiopia; Faculty turnover rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888376538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-61     Document Type: Article

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