The importance of transformational leadership style for the well-being of employees working with older people

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-475

  Nielsen, Karina ^a   Yarker, Joanna ^b   Brenner, Sten Olof ^a   Randall, Raymond ^c   Borg, Vilhelm ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediation; Nursing; Older people; Questionnaires; Transformational leadership; Well being; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49549098850     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04701.x     Document Type: Article

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