Empowerment and job satisfaction in associate degree nurse educators

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 234-239

  Baker, Sandra L ^a   Fitzpatrick, Joyce J ^b   Griffin, Mary Quinn ^b  

^a Riverside Community College   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associate degree nurse educator; Empowerment; Job satisfaction; Nurse educator shortage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CALIFORNIA; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, ASSOCIATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); WORKPLACE;

EID: 80052397497     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.4.234     Document Type: Article

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