Relationship between ethical work climate and nurses’ perception of organizational support, commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intent

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 151-166

  Abou Hashish, Ebtsam Aly ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Commitment; ethical climate; job satisfaction; organizational support; turnover intention

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURNOVER TIME; UNIVERSITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018739626     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733015594667     Document Type: Article

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