Development and psychometric testing of the Nursing Workplace Relational Environment Scale (NWRES)

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 902-909

  Duddle, Maree ^a   Boughton, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploratory factor analysis; Nurses; Questionnaire; Scale development; Work satisfaction; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 60249084841     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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