Empowerment, engagement and perceived effectiveness in nursing work environments: Does experience matter?

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 636-646

  Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^b   Cho, Julia ^c   Greco, Paula ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Middlesex London Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Empowerment; New graduates; Nursing; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67849110375     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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