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Prevocational Experience and Postentry Behavior: Occupational Influences on Job Attitudes and Turnover
Author(s) -
Birnbaum Dee,
Somers Mark John
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1991.tb00534.x
Subject(s) - psychology , turnover , turnover intention , nursing staff , social psychology , nursing , management , job satisfaction , medicine , economics
The effect of prevocational contact on postentry behavior was studied using a sample of staff nurses. The results indicated that those nurses who had prevocational contact with the nursing occupation had different conceptions of the nursing role and more positive work attitudes than those who did not have prevocational contact with the profession. The groups. however, did not differ with respect to turnover.