Measuring work engagement, psychological empowerment, and organizational citizenship behavior among health care aides

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e1-e11

  Ginsburg, Liane ^a   Berta, Whitney ^b   Baumbusch, Jennifer ^c   Dass, Adrian Rohit ^b,d   Laporte, Audrey ^b,d   Reid, R Colin ^e   Squires, Janet ^f   Taylor, Deanne ^g  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d ICES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Health care aide nursing aide; Job satisfaction; Measurement; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CITIZENSHIP; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPOWERMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOUND; TURNOVER TIME; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKER; ADULT; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRENDS;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84963520674     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv129     Document Type: Article

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