A multilevel confirmatory factor analysis of the practice environment scale: A case study

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Gajewski, Byron J ^a   Boyle, Diane K ^b   Miller, Peggy A ^b   Oberhelman, Frances ^b   Dunton, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Graduate Research Assistant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Cluster; Multilevel analysis; NDNQI; RN job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77949349093     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181d1a71e     Document Type: Article

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