A configurational approach to the relationship between high-performance work practices and frontline health care worker outcomes

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1460-1481

  Chuang, Emmeline ^a   Dill, Janette ^b   Morgan, Jennifer Craft ^c   Konrad, Thomas R ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

frontline health care workers; High performance work practices; job satisfaction; perceived quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE WORKER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TEAMWORK;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863717947     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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