Traditional and non-traditional collective bargaining: Strategies to improve the patient care environment

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-84

  Budd, Karen W ^a   Warino, Linda S ^b   Patton, Mary Ellen ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Reserve Care Services   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Control over nursing practice; Distrust of management; Empowerment; Interest based bargaining; Mandatory overtime; National Labor Relations Act; Organizational autonomy; Professional autonomy; Quality health outcomes; Strikes

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SALARY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 2942715346     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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