Career Paths of Nursing Professionals: A Study of Employment Mobility 9780773574113
This is the first and only comprehensive labour market study of the largest group of nursing professionals in any one pr
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English Pages 240 [241] Year 1998
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Table of 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
Survey Research Execution
Limitations of Retrospective Survey Research Design
Potential Uses of Survey Data
Telephone Survey Interview Protocol
Introduction
Employment History
Last Employment Positions: Unemployed Nursing Professionals
Current Employment Position: Employed Nursing Professionals
Other Background Attributes
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