Nurse perceptions of the quality of patient care: Confirming the importance of empowerment and job satisfaction

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Leggat, Sandra G ^a   Bartram, Timothy ^a   Casimir, Gian ^b   Stanton, Pauline ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

high performance work systems; job satisfaction; nurses; psychological empowerment; quality of patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957583297     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181e4ec55     Document Type: Article

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