Contingency, Employment Intentions, and Retention of Vulnerable Low-Wage Workers: An Examination of Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes

This study uses survey data to analyze the reasons that nursing assistants leave their jobs. The researchers hypothesize that factors such as workload and job satisfaction are less important to low-wage nursing assistants than are certain “contingency factors,” such as being a primary breadwinner or being a single mother. The researchers conclude that the contingency factors are greater predictors of retention than are standard job satisfaction factors.

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