Measuring nursing power within organizations

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-187

  Sieloff, Christina L ^a,b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

King; Methods; Organizations; Power

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0038488391     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00183.x     Document Type: Review

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