Developing and testing a new measure of staff nurse clinical leadership: The clinical leadership survey

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-460

  Patrick, Allison ^a   Laschinger, Heather K Spence ^b   Wong, Carol ^b   Finegan, Joan ^b  

^a GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical leadership; Nurse manager leadership; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; COOPERATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODEL; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955977124     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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