Physical work environment: Testing an expanded model of job satisfaction in a sample of registered nurses

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-451

  Djukic, Maja ^a   Kovner, Christine ^a   Budin, Wendy C ^a,b   Norman, Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; nursing personnel; physical work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649272175     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181fb2f25     Document Type: Article

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