Workplace empowerment and nurses' job satisfaction: A systematic literature review

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 855-871

  Cicolini, Giancarlo ^a   Comparcini, Dania ^a   Simonetti, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Psychological empowerment; Review; Structural empowerment; Workplace

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSES; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84907954123     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12028     Document Type: Article

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