The working world of nursing unit managers: Responsibility without power

Australian Health Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-264

  Paliadelis, Penelope S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 56849097864     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH080256     Document Type: Article

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