The value of collaborative governance/staff empowerment

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-104

  Erickson, Jeanette Ives ^a   Hamilton, Glenys A ^a   Jones, Dorothy E ^a   Ditomassi, Marianne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; STAFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOSTON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037321723     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200302000-00006     Document Type: Article

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