Clinical educators' empowerment, job tension, and job satisfaction: A test of Kanter's theory

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-86

  Davies, Mary Anne ^a,c   Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^b   Andrusyszyn, Mary Anne ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FACULTY, NURSING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746395199     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124645-200603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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