Impact of professional nursing practice environment and psychological empowerment on nurses' work engagement: Test of structural equation modelling

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 287-296

  Wang, Shanshan ^a   Liu, Yanhui ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Environment; Nurse; Psychological empowerment; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); WORKPLACE;

EID: 84926406768     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12124     Document Type: Article

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