Staff morale in the merger of mental health and social care organizations in England

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-107

  Gulliver, P ^a,b   Towell, D ^a   Peck, E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Injury Prevention Research Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mental health staff; Morale; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORALITY; NURSING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; HEALTH FACILITY MERGER; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MORALE; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 0037315848     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2003.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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