The impact of intuition and supervisor-nurse relationships on empowerment and affective commitment by generation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1391-1401

  Farr Wharton, Rod ^a   Brunetto, Yvonne ^b   Shacklock, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Empowerment; Generations; Intuition; Nursing; Supervisor subordinate relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COHORT EFFECT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTUITION; LEADERSHIP; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT;

EID: 84860328564     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05852.x     Document Type: Article

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