Predictors of workforce retention among Malawian nurse graduates of a scholarship program: A mixed-methods study

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-96

  Schmiedeknecht, Kelly ^a   Perera, Melanie ^a,b   Schell, Ellen ^b   Jere, Joyce ^b   Geoffroy, Elizabeth ^b   Rankin, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA)   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; EMPLOYMENT; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961533482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00170     Document Type: Article

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