Reducing turnover and improving health care in nursing homes: The potential effects of self-managed work teams

Gerontologist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 358-363

  Yeatts, Dale E ^a   Seward, Rudy Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee satisfaction; Employee turnover; Health care; Long term care; Nursing homes; Self managed work teams

Indexed keywords

AGING; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034082220     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/40.3.358     Document Type: Review

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