Impact of organizational structure on nurses' job satisfaction: A questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1011-1020

  Willem, Annick ^a   Buelens, Marc ^a,b   De Jonghe, Ives ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital nurses; Job satisfaction; Organizational structure; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL;

EID: 34250827870     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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