Part 2: Nurses' career aspirations to management roles: Qualitative findings from a national study of Canadian nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-241

  Wong, Carol A ^a   Spence Laschinger, Heather K ^a   Macdonald Rencz, Sandra ^b   Burkoski, Vanessa ^c   Cummings, Greta ^d   D'amour, Danielle ^e   Grinspun, Doris ^f   Gurnham, Mary Ellen ^g   Huckstep, Sherri ^h   Leiter, Michael ⁱ   Perkin, Karen ^j   Macphee, Maura ^k   Matthews, Sue ^l   O'brien Pallas, Linda ^m   Ritchie, Judith ⁿ   Ruffolo, Maurio ^h   Vincent, Leslie ^o   Wilk, Piotr ^a   Almost, Joan ^p   Purdy, Nancy ^q   Daniels, Frieda ^a   Grau, Ashley ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario   (Canada)

^g Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

^h Centre for Organizational Research and Development ^*

ⁱ Centre for Organizational Research and Development   (Canada)

^j ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l Systeme de sante de Niagara   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^o MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^p QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^q RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Career aspirations; Management; Nursing; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CANADA; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84875051499     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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