The psychological contracts of National Health Service nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-120

  Purvis, Lynne J ^a   Cropley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment relationship; Expectations; Leaving intentions; Psychological contracts; Q sort method; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SAMPLE; CAREER MOBILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; GOALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PILOT PROJECTS; Q-SORT; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0037365971     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.2003.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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