Staff satisfaction and retention and the role of the Nursing Unit Manager

Collegian

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Duffield, Christine ^a   Roche, Michael ^b   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^c   Catling Paull, Christine ^a   King, Madeleine ^d  

^a Centre for Health Services Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Leadership; Nursing workforce; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 60749114701     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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