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Article: Effects of shared governance on perceptions of work and work environment.
- Article from:
- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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Nurses and non-nurses recognize shared governance as a structural framework in which job-related activities can be effectively organized. Shared governance provides an organizational framework that offers workers maximal participation in decisions about work and the workplace. Participation in shared governance is believed to enhance worker performance, job satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and worker turnover behavior within the organization (McDonagh, 1990).
Little research has been conducted to ascertain the influence of factors in the work environment, worker expectations, and leader versus peer leader behaviors on anticipated outcomes of shared ...