A quasi-experimental study on a quality circle program in a Taiwanese hospital

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 413-418

  Lee, Li Chuan ^a,d   Yang, Ke Ping ^b   Chen, Tai Ying ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Da Chien General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Safety Healy and Environment Engineering   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Intent to leave; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Quality circles; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033759987     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/12.5.413     Document Type: Article

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