Job Embeddedness
JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationPublished 1 May 2004
Brooks C. Holtom, Bonnie S. O Neill
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The findings suggest that job embeddedness is a valuable lens through which to evaluate employee retention in healthcare organizations and the levers for influencing retention are substantially similar for nurses and other healthcare workers.
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The findings suggest that job embeddedness is a valuable lens through which to evaluate employee retention in healthcare organizations. Further, the levers for influencing retention are substantially similar for nurses and other healthcare workers. Implications of these findings and recommendations for recruitment and retention policy development are presented.
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