Building and sustaining strong public health agencies: Determinants of workforce turnover

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages S80-S90

  Pourshaban, Deena ^a   Basurto Dávila, Ricardo ^a   Shih, Margaret ^a  

^a Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Public health workforce; Recruitment; Retirement; Workforce turnover

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETIREMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938898927     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000311     Document Type: Article

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