Loving and leaving public health: Predictors of intentions to quit among state health agency workers

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages S91-S101

  Liss Levinson, Rivka ^a   Bharthapudi, Kiran ^a   Leider, Jonathon P ^b   Sellers, Katie ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^b De Beaumont Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentions to quit; Job satisfaction; Public health workforce; State health agencies; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84938872515     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000317     Document Type: Article

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