The mediating role of organizational justice in the relationship between transformational leadership and nurses' quality of work life: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1359-1367

  Gillet, Nicolas ^a   Fouquereau, Evelyne ^a   Bonnaud Antignac, Angélique ^b   Mokounkolo, René ^a   Colombat, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Nurses; Oncology; Organizational justice; Quality of work life; Transformational leadership; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE; QUALITY OF WORK LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

NURSES; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE; QUALITY OF WORK LIFE; TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; WORK ENGAGEMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883052257     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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