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Organizational Demography and Turnover: An Examination of Multiform and Nonlinear Heterogeneity

dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Jeffrey A,en_US
dc.contributor.authorNuchols, Beverlyen_US
dc.contributor.authorBloom, Joan R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLee, Shoou-Yih Danielen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:00:46Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:00:46Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlexander, Jeffrey; Nuchols, Beverly; Bloom, Joan; Lee, Shoou-Yih (1995). "Organizational Demography and Turnover: An Examination of Multiform and Nonlinear Heterogeneity." Human Relations 48(12): 1455-1480. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66959>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0018-7267en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66959
dc.description.abstractThis paper advances the study of organizational demography and turnover by testing propositions derived from Blau's theory of heterogeneity and social structure. In a sample of 398 U.S. community hospitals, voluntary nursing turnover was examined in relation to three demographic dimensions-educational preparation, tenure and employment status-among nurse staff. The form of relationships between turnover and heterogeneity was specified to test whether heterogeneity affects turnover in a linear fashion or, alternatively, in an inverted U-shaped pattern. Our results suggest that effects of heterogeneity on turnover differ by dimension and that such effects can obtain independently of other dimensions. Further, interactions between demographic dimensions show that demographic dimensions also interact with each other to affect nursing turnover. Our findings partially support Blau's conceptualization of heterogeneity in social structure and highlight the importance of multiform heterogeneity in the study of organizational demography and group interaction outcomes.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.subject.otherOrganizational Demographyen_US
dc.subject.otherHeterogeneityen_US
dc.subject.otherGroup Interactionsen_US
dc.subject.otherTurnoveren_US
dc.subject.otherNursing Staffen_US
dc.subject.otherHospitalsen_US
dc.titleOrganizational Demography and Turnover: An Examination of Multiform and Nonlinear Heterogeneityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherHealth Services Policy and Administration, University of California, Beverly.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSchool of Nursing, University of San Francisco.en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66959/2/10.1177_001872679504801204.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/001872679504801204en_US
dc.identifier.sourceHuman Relationsen_US
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