Economic austerity and healthcare restructuring: correlates and consequences of nursing job insecurity

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 640-656

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Ng, Eddy S W ^b   Wolpin, Jacob ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

hospital functioning; hospital restructuring and downsizing; job insecurity; nurses; work outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914684203     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2014.921634     Document Type: Article

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