The level and determinants of mission statement use: a questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1433-1441

  Desmidt, Sebastian ^a   Prinzie, Anita ^a,b   Heene, Aimé ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital nurses; Mission statement use; Questionnaire survey; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50249181144     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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