Linking Nursing Home Working Conditions to Organizational Performance
Health Care Management ReviewPublished 1 October 2005
Jill Scott‐Cawiezell, Deborah S. Main, Carol P. Vojir, Katherine R. Jones, Laurie Moore, Paul A. Nutting
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Exploring selected working conditions and performance in nursing homes suggests that high and low performers can be determined based on both quantitative and qualitative findings.
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Exploring selected working conditions and performance in nursing homes suggests that high and low performers can be determined based on both quantitative and qualitative findings.
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