Staff nurse empowerment in line and staff organizational structures for chief nurse executives

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 526-533

  Matthews, Sue ^a,d   Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^b   Johnstone, Lynne ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF NURSE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33751002062     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005110-200611000-00008     Document Type: Article

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