Conflict Management Styles in the Health Professions

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-166

  Sportsman, Susan ^a   Hamilton, Patti ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Collaboration; Compromise; Conflict management styles; Nurses; TKI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TEXAS;

EID: 34249057223     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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