Work empowerment in multidisciplinary teams during organizational change

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-416

  Rankinen, Sirkku ^a   Suominen, Tarja ^b   Kuokkanen, Liisa ^c   Kukkurainen, Marja Leena ^d   Doran, Diane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^d Rheumatism Foundation   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factors Promoting Impeding Empowerment; Organizational Change; Work Empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958086779     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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