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Preparing for Trust status–an investigation into the morale of nurses undergoing change
Author(s) -
COCHRANE D. K.,
JOWETT S. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.1994.tb00160.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , nursing management , job satisfaction , psychology , phenomenon , social psychology , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , programming language
The morale of nurses is a phenomenon often open to public comment without substantiated evidence. This study objectively explored the morale of nurses in a large district general hospital preparing for transition to National Health (NHS) Trust status. Information was sought using a 72‐item questionnaire. The investigation was firmly centred around a structured theory which construes morale in terms of nine dimensions. The notion of morale being a construct synthesized of nine dimensions adds to the uniqueness of the study. Other studies fail to differentiate between the dynamic morale construct and the more complacent attitudes of job satisfaction.