Integrating individual, work group and organizational factors: Testing a multidimensional model of bullying in the nursing workplace

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-181

  Hutchinson, Marie ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^b   Jackson, Debra ^b   Vickers, Margaret H ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Factor analysis; Horizontal violence; Nursing; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956113180     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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