Organisational climate, organisational commitment and intention to leave amongst hospital nurses in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1635-1644

  Liou, Shwu Ru ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Intention to leave; Nurses; Nursing; Organisational climate; Organisational commitment; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955951656     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03080.x     Document Type: Article

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