Job satisfaction among a multigenerational nursing workforce

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 716-723

  Wilson, Barbara ^a   Squires, Mae ^c   Widger, Kimberley ^c   Cranley, Lisa ^a   Tourangeau, Ann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Generation; Job satisfaction; Nurse; Nursing management; Survey; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; POPULATION GROWTH; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 51149105235     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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