Leadership styles of nursing home administrators and their association with staff turnover

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Donoghue, Christopher ^a   Castle, Nicholas G ^b  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus management; Local economic characteristics; Management style; Organizational characteristics; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66749183523     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp021     Document Type: Article

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