Social capital and knowledge sharing: Effects on patient safety

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1793-1803

  Chang, Chia Wen ^a   Huang, Heng Chiang ^b   Chiang, Chi Yun ^c   Hsu, Chiu Ping ^d   Chang, Chia Chen ^e  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Knowledge sharing; Learning; Nurses; Patient safety; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TRUST;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TAIWAN; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863775732     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05871.x     Document Type: Article

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