The influence of organizational characteristics on employee solidarity in the long-term care sector

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 526-534

  Cramm, Jane M ^a   Strating, Mathilde M H ^a   Nieboer, Anna P ^a  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Healthcare; Leadership; Management; Nurse nursing; Organizational characteristics; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873972654     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06027.x     Document Type: Article

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