Authentic leadership and nurses' voice behaviour and perceptions of care quality

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 889-900

  Wong, Carol A ^a   Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Identification; Quality; Trust; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRUST;

EID: 78649424846     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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