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Author Hiscott, Robert D., author

Title Career Paths of Nursing Professionals : a Study of Employment Mobility
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, Dec. 1998

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Contents List of Tables -- List of Charts -- Acknowledgements -- I: Nursing Employment: Key Concepts and Framework -- Nursing as a Profession -- Recent Labour-Market Conditions -- Future Demand for Nursing Professionals -- Problems Faced by the Nursing Profession -- Job Dissatisfaction -- Job Turnover -- Employment Mobility of Nursing Professionals -- Position Type or Job Title -- Employment Status -- Employment Place or Setting -- Primary Responsibility or Specialty Area -- Conclusion and Chapter Outline -- II: A Statistical Portrait of Nursing Professionals and Their Jobs
The Socio-Demographic Profile -- Gender and Age Distributions -- Marital Status and Children -- Formal Education: Past, Present, and Future -- The Job Profile -- Total Number of Jobs Held -- Time Period of Jobs -- Geographic Location of Jobs -- Key Employment Attributes -- Position Type or Job Title -- Employment Status of Jobs -- Employment Place or Setting -- Primary Responsibility or Specialty Area -- The Move Away from Modal Employment Categories -- Working-Time Arrangements -- III: An Overview of Employment Mobility of Nursing Professionals -- External and Internal Mobility
Job-Based Internal Employment Mobility -- Internal Employment Mobility and Job Duration -- Survival Functions for Job Duration -- IV: Reasons for Leaving Jobs -- General Profile of Reasons for Leaving Jobs -- Reasons for Leaving Jobs by Age -- Reasons for Leaving Jobs by Employment Characteristics -- Reasons Cited Over Employment Careers -- V: Vertical Mobility: Changes in Occupational Status -- Position-Type Mobility -- Position-Type Mobility by Cited Reasons for Leaving Prior Job -- Employment in Management Positions by Career Year -- Occupational-Status Changes by Employment-Place Changes
Position-Type Career Profiles -- VI: Other Modes of External Mobility -- Employment-Status Mobility -- Employment-Place Mobility -- Primary-Responsibility Mobility -- Geographic Mobility -- VII: Career Interruptions / Unemployment Spells -- Career Durations and Interruptions -- Duration of Unemployment by Reasons for Leaving Prior Job -- Duration of Unemployment by Employment Mobility Between Jobs -- Role-Exit Process Leading to Current Career Interruptions -- VIII: Leaving the Nursing Field: Role-Exit Experiences -- Profile of Role-Exit Behaviour -- Role-Exit Behaviour by Career Stage
Role-Exit Behaviour Across Job Transitions -- Role-Exit Behaviour by Reasons for Leaving Prior Jobs -- Role-Exit Behaviour by Working-Time Arrangements -- The Future Intentions of Nursing Professionals -- IX: Conclusions and Implications -- Labour Market Realities for Registered Nurses and Practical Nurses -- Empirical Findings on Employment Mobility -- Other Employment Mobility-Related Issues -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Survey Research Methodology -- Stratified Sample Design -- Active Nursing Professionals -- Transients -- Dual Professionals -- True Outsiders -- Sampling Frame
Summary Content Description #Includes bibliographical references
Audience Scholarly & Professional McGill-Queen's University Press
Subject Nurses -- Employment -- Ontario
Occupational mobility -- Ontario
MEDICAL / Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues.
Nurses -- Employment
Occupational mobility
Ontario
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780886293420
0886293421