The effects of work alienation on organisational commitment, work effort and work-to-family enrichment

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 850-859

  Tummers, Lars ^a   Den Dulk, Laura ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Meaningful work; Organisational commitment; Work alienation; Work effort; Work family

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEANINGFUL WORK; MIDWIFE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORK ALIENATION; WORK EFFORT; WORK-FAMILY;

AUTONOMY; MEANINGFUL WORK; ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT; WORK ALIENATION; WORK EFFORT; WORK-FAMILY;

COMMUNICATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883750813     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12159     Document Type: Article

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