Leading a multigenerational nursing workforce: Issues, challenges and strategies

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sherman, Rose O ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational cohort; Generational conflict; Generational diversity; Generational synergy; Multigenerational nursing workforce; Nursing leadership

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; NURSING CAREER; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84858479175     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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