Job satisfaction or production? How staff and leadership understand operating room efficiency: A qualitative study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1423-1428

  Arakelian, E ^a,c   Gunningberg, L ^a   Larsson, J ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 54049133251     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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