The roles of unit leadership and nurse-physician collaboration on nursing turnover intention

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1771-1784

  Galletta, Maura ^a   Portoghese, Igor ^a   Battistelli, Adalgisa ^b   Leiter, Michael P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affective commitment; Leader member exchange; Mediating role; Moderating role; Multilevel analysis; Nurse physician collaboration; Nursing; Nursing unit turnover intention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDIATING ROLE; MIDDLE AGED; MODERATING ROLE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSE-PHYSICIAN COLLABORATION; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; NURSING UNIT TURNOVER INTENTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT; LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; MEDIATING ROLE; MODERATING ROLE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSE-PHYSICIAN COLLABORATION; NURSING; NURSING UNIT TURNOVER INTENTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; LEADERSHIP; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84880253221     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12039     Document Type: Article

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