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Direct linkMittal, Vikas; Rosen, Jules; Leana, Carrie – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand the factors associated with turnover and retention of direct care workers. We hypothesize that a dual-driver model that includes individual factors, on-the-job factors, off-the-job factors, and contextual factors can be used to distinguish between reasons for direct care workforces (DCWs)…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Models, Misconceptions, Job Satisfaction
Decker, Frederic H.; Harris-Kojetin, Lauren D.; Bercovitz, Anita – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: We examined predictors of intrinsic job satisfaction, overall satisfaction, and intention to leave the job among nursing assistants (NAs). Design and Methods: The study focused on NAs who worked 30 or more hours per week in a nursing home. Data on 2,146 NAs meeting this criterion came from the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey, the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Intention, Nursing Homes, Supervisors
Bishop, Christine E.; Squillace, Marie R.; Meagher, Jennifer; Anderson, Wayne L.; Wiener, Joshua M. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: To estimate the impact of nursing home work practices, specifically compensation and working conditions, on job satisfaction of nursing assistants employed in nursing homes. Design and Methods: Data are from the 2004 National Nursing Assistant Survey, responses by the nursing assistants' employers to the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Allied Health Personnel, Nursing Homes, National Surveys
Shinan-Altman, Shiri; Cohen, Miri – Gerontologist, 2009
Background: Nursing aides' attitudes condoning elder abuse are a possible risk factor for executing abusive behaviors against elder residents of long-term care facilities but have been studied infrequently. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess nursing aides' attitudes that condone abusive behaviors toward elderly people, as well as the…
Descriptors: Low Income, Burnout, Role Conflict, Risk
Peer reviewedMitchell, Olivia S.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Examined retirement patterns by occupation and industry. Found workers in some kinds of jobs retired earlier than others. Consideed three explanations for these differences: job satisfaction, workplace injury or illness, and job productivity. Concluded that workers who retired early did so for health and productivity reasons. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Early Retirement, Health, Job Satisfaction, Older Adults
Brannon, Dianne; Barry, Teta; Kemper, Peter; Schreiner, Andrea; Vasey, Joe – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: We assess how perceived rewards and problems with caregiving work and supervision relate to intent to leave among direct care workers who are employed in provider organizations participating in the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration; we also examine how these relationships vary by provider type. Design and Methods: Direct care…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Persistence, Occupational Mobility, Work Attitudes
Castle, Nicholas G.; Engberg, John – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: The association between certified nurse aide, licensed practical nurse, and registered nurse turnover and the organizational characteristics of nursing homes are examined. Design and Methods: Hypotheses for eight organizational characteristics are examined (staffing levels, top management turnover, resident case mix, facility quality,…
Descriptors: Costs, Nursing Homes, Nurses, Job Satisfaction
