Passivity vs. militancy: A Q methodological study of nurses' industrial relations on Merseyside (England)

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 140-149

  McKeown, Mick ^a   Stowell Smith, Mark ^b   Foley, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial relations; Militancy; Nurses; Professionalism; Q methodology; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LABOR UNIONS; NURSES; POLITICS; Q-SORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033159116     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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