Workforce diversity: Implications for the effectiveness of health care delivery teams

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1403-1414

  Dreachslin, Janice L ^a   Hunt, Portia L ^b   Sprainer, Elaine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Nursing care teams; Racial diversity; Self directed work teams

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSING; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0033981866     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00396-2     Document Type: Article

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