The Influence of Nursing Unit Empowerment and Social Capital on Unit Effectiveness and Nurse Perceptions of Patient Care Quality
JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationPublished 23 May 2014
Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Emily Richard, Piotr Wilk, Joan Finegan
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A multilevel model examining the effects of work-unit structural empowerment and social capital on perceptions of unit effectiveness and nurses’ ratings of patient care quality provides a better understanding of how unit-level structural empowermentand social capital affect both unit- and individual-level outcomes.
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This study provides a better understanding of how unit-level structural empowerment and social capital affect both unit- and individual-level outcomes.
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