Leadership and management skills of first-line managers of elderly care and their work environment

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 736-745

  Abdelrazek, Fathya ^a   Skytt, Bernice ^b,c   Aly, Magda ^a   El Sabour, Mona Abd ^a   Ibrahim, Naglaa ^a   Engström, Maria ^b,c  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Empowerment; First line manager; Job satisfaction; Leadership and management skills; Psychosomatic health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 77956634587     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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