Context matters: The impact of unit leadership and empowerment on nurses' organizational commitment

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 228-235

  Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a,b   Finegan, Joan ^b   Wilk, Piotr ^b,c  

^a Associate Director Nursing Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Middlesex London Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WORKPLACE;

EID: 66149113268     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181a23d2b     Document Type: Article

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