Nursing assistants' job commitment: Effect of nursing home organizational factors and impact on resident well-being

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2008, Pages 36-45

  Bishop, Christine E ^a   Weinberg, Dana Beth ^b   Leutz, Walter ^a   Dossa, Almas ^c   Pfefferle, Susan G ^d   Zincavage, Rebekah M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture change; Frontline caregivers; High performance management; Turnover; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; NURSING UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50449096462     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.supplement_1.36     Document Type: Article

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