Work empowerment as experienced by head nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-153

  Suominen, Tarja ^a,b   Savikko, Niina ^a   Puukka, Pauli ^c   Doran, Diane Irvine ^d   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural and outcome empowerment; Head nurse; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 15044350726     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2004.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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