Negative workplace behaviours: An ethical dilemma for nurse managers

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-292

  Lindy, Cheryl ^a   Schaefer, Florence ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Negative workplace behaviour; Nurse manager; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, NURSING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956119406     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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