Effect of empowerment on professional practice environments, work satisfaction, and patient care quality: Further testing the nursing worklife model

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-330

  Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Magnet hospital; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349101283     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000318028.67910.6b     Document Type: Article

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