Measurement of Staff Empowerment Within Health Service Organizations

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-95

  Irvine, Diane ^a   Leatt, Peggy ^a   Evans, Martin G ^a   Baker, Ross G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033087902     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.7.1.79     Document Type: Article

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