The impact of emotional intelligent leadership on staff nurse empowerment: The moderating effect of span of control

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 964-973

  Lucas, Victoria ^a   Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a,b   Wong, Carol A ^b  

^a Bluewater Health ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services research; Nursing leadership; Nursing management; Nursing work; Questionnaire designs; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57049108618     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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