The relationship between hospital work environment and nurse outcomes in Guangdong, China: A nurse questionnaire survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1476-1485

  Liu, Ke ^a   You, Li Ming ^a   Chen, Shao Xian ^a   Hao, Yuan Tao ^a   Zhu, Xiao Wen ^a   Zhang, Li Feng ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job satisfaction; Nursing; Retention; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHINA; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862808610     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03991.x     Document Type: Article

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