Child care work: Organizational culture and health and safety

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 480-481

  Calabro, Karen S ^a   Bright, Karie A ^a   Cole, Frank L ^a   Mackey, Thomas ^a   Lindenberg, Julie ^a   Grimm, Arlynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DAY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TEXAS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0034303909     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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