The application in public health nursing of the employee empowerment model and relevant considerations

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Chang, Li Chun ^a,d   Yen, Wan Chuan ^b   Lu, Su Ying ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Wu Lai Public Health Center

^c Yung Ho Public Health Center

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Employee empowerment; Organizational empowerment; Psychological empowerment; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING;

EID: 33646271373     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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