Mediating the effects of work-life conflict between transformational leadership and health-care workers' job satisfaction and psychological wellbeing

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-521

  Munir, Fehmidah ^a   Nielsen, Karina ^b   Garde, Anne H ^b   Albertsen, Karen ^b,c,d   Carneiro, Isabella G ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Team WorkingLife Aps   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health care; Job satisfaction; Psychological wellbeing, regression; Transformational leadership; Work life conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORK;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 84861226207     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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