Authentic leadership, empowerment and burnout: A comparison in new graduates and experienced nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-552

  Laschinger, Heather K Spence ^a   Wong, Carol A ^a   Grau, Ashley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Burnout; New graduate nurses; Nursing; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84876198098     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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