Empowered nurses? Nurses in Norway and the USA compared

International Nursing Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 106-120

  Ellefsen, Bodil ^b   Hamilton, G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative Study; Empowerment; Leadership; Nurse Leaders; Nurses; Organizational Research; Power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034197991     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2000.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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