Impact of emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence on the caring behavior of nurses: A dimension-level exploratory study among public hospitals in Malaysia

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 293-298

  Kaur, Devinder ^a   Sambasivan, Murali ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^c  

^a ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION   (Malaysia)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caring behavior; Emotional intelligence; Malaysia; Nurses; Spiritual intelligence

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALAYSIA; NURSE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THINKING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIGION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SPIRITUALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952313936     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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