Organizational structure and job satisfaction in public health nursing

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 564-571

  Campbell, Sara L ^a   Fowles, Eileen R ^a   Weber, B Jan ^b,c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b McLean County Health Department   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nursing shortage; Organizational structure; Public health nursing; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 10044281710     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21609.x     Document Type: Article

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