The role of team climate in the management of emotional labour: Implications for nurse retention

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2812-2825

  Cheng, Cindy ^a   Bartram, Timothy ^a   Karimi, Leila ^b   Leggat, Sandra G ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Emotional labour; Nurses; Quality of care; Team climate; Turnover intention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL LABOUR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF CARE; TEAM CLIMATE; TURNOVER INTENTION;

BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL LABOUR; NURSES; QUALITY OF CARE; TEAM CLIMATE; TURNOVER INTENTION;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84887817196     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12202     Document Type: Article

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