The impact of staff nurse empowerment on person-job fit and work engagement/burnout

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a   Wong, Carol A ^a   Greco, Paula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Empowerment; Engagement; Person job fit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CANADA; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33750584267     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200610000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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