The impact of psychological capital on job embeddedness and job performance among nurses: A structural equation approach

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-79

  Sun, Tao ^a   Zhao, Xiao Wen ^a   Yang, Li Bin ^a   Fan, Li Hua ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese nurses; Job embeddedness; Nursing; Psychological capital; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855164173     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05715.x     Document Type: Article

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