Appreciating age diversity and German nurse well-being and commitment: Co-worker trust as the mediator

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-220

  Lehmann Willenbrock, Nale ^a   Lei, Zhike ^b   Kauffeld, Simone ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age diversity; Co worker trust; Commitment; Nurse well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TRUST; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861577243     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2012.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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