The relationship between nursing leadership and nurses' job satisfaction in Canadian oncology work environments

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 508-518

  Cummings, Greta G ^a,b   Olson, Karin ^a   Hayduk, Leslie ^a   Bakker, Debra ^c   Fitch, Margaret ^d   Green, Esther ^e   Butler, Lorna ^f   Conlon, Michael ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CLEAR Outcomes (Connecting Leadership Education and Research) Research Program

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g Regional Cancer Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurse physician relationships; Oncology work environments; Relational leadership; Structural equation modeling; Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING THEORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; NURSING THEORY; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 44949091423     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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