Transformational leadership and workplace injury and absenteeism: Analysis of a National Nursing Assistant Survey

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-387

  Lee, Doohee ^a   Coustasse, Alberto ^a   Sikula Sr , Andrew ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

absenteeism; nursing assistants; occupational health; performance; transformational leadership; workplace injury

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052665483     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3182100bf7     Document Type: Review

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