Nursing Home Social Services Directors Who Report Thriving at Work

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-145

  Liu, Jinyu ^a   Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

administration; human resources; nursing facility; social environment; social work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873126882     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2012.750255     Document Type: Article

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