Nurses' participation in personal knowledge transfer: The role of leader-member exchange (LMX) and structural empowerment

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 632-643

  Davies, Alicia ^a   Wong, Carol A ^b   Laschinger, Heather ^b  

^a London Centre of Hope Family Health Team   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Leader member exchange; Leadership; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79960293689     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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