Nursing staff teamwork and job satisfaction

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 938-947

  Kalisch, Beatrice J ^a   Lee, Hyunhwa ^a   Rochman, Monica ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurse staffing; Nursing assistant; Nursing teamwork; Registered nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649421281     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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