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| Heather K Spence LaschingerSummaryAffiliation: University of Western Ontario Country: Canada Publications
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The relationship of empowerment and selected personality characteristics to nursing job satisfactionMilisa Manojlovich
University of Michigan, School of Nursing, 400 N Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Nurs Adm 32:586-95. 2002..This study reports on a secondary data analysis undertaken to better understand the determinants of job satisfaction for hospital nurses. Both workplace and personal factors can contribute to job satisfaction...
Towards a comprehensive theory of nurse/patient empowerment: applying Kanter's empowerment theory to patient careHeather K Spence Laschinger
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:4-13. 2010....- The influence of authentic leadership and empowerment on new-graduate nurses' perceptions of interprofessional collaborationHeather K S Laschinger
Health Human Resources Optimization, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 43:24-9. 2013..The aim of this study was to examine new-graduate nurses' perceptions of the influence of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on the quality of interprofessional collaboration in healthcare work environments... - Building empowering work environments that foster civility and organizational trust: testing an interventionHeather K Spence Laschinger
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Nurs Res 61:316-25. 2012..The current nursing shortage emphasizes the need to create such conditions... - The influence of authentic leadership on newly graduated nurses' experiences of workplace bullying, burnout and retention outcomes: a cross-sectional studyHeather K Spence Laschinger
Distinguished University Professor and Arthur Labatt Family Nursing Research Chair in Health Human Resources Optimization, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Health Sciences Addition Room 41, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
Int J Nurs Stud 49:1266-76. 2012..High rates of burnout and turnover among new nurses puts additional strain on limited financial resources in healthcare organizations and can compromise the quality of care provided to patients... - Job and career satisfaction and turnover intentions of newly graduated nursesHeather K Spence Laschinger
Health Human Resources Optimization, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 20:472-84. 2012..To describe new graduate nurses' worklife experiences in Ontario hospital settings in the first 2 years of practice and to examine predictors of job and career satisfaction and turnover intentions... - Predictors of new graduate nurses' workplace well-being: testing the job demands-resources modelHeather K Spence Laschinger
Distinguished University Professor and Nursing Research Chair in Health Human Resources Optimization, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Health Care Manage Rev 37:175-86. 2012..New graduate nurses currently experience a stressful transition into the workforce, resulting in high levels of burnout and job turnover in their first year of practice... - The influence of personal dispositional factors and organizational resources on workplace violence, burnout, and health outcomes in new graduate nurses: a cross-sectional studyHeather K Spence Laschinger
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Health Sciences Addition Room 41, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
Int J Nurs Stud 49:282-91. 2012..The alarmingly high rate of illness-related absenteeism among nurses and recent reports of workplace violence and burnout are problematic for both the current workforce shortage and the recruitment and retention of new nurses... - Effect of empowerment on professional practice environments, work satisfaction, and patient care quality: further testing the Nursing Worklife ModelHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Care Qual 23:322-30. 2008..The analysis revealed that professional practice environment characteristics mediated the relationship between structurally empowering work conditions and both job satisfaction and nurse-assessed patient care quality... - Situational and dispositional predictors of nurse manager burnout: a time-lagged analysisHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 16:601-7. 2008..In current health care settings, nurses are particularly at risk for burnout given the increased patient acuity and the worsening nursing shortage... - Context matters: the impact of unit leadership and empowerment on nurses' organizational commitmentHeather K Spence Laschinger
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 39:228-35. 2009..The aim of this study was to test a multilevel model linking unit-level leader-member exchange quality and structural empowerment to nurses' psychological empowerment and organizational commitment at the individual level of analysis... - Workplace empowerment, incivility, and burnout: impact on staff nurse recruitment and retention outcomesHeather K Spence Laschinger
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Manag 17:302-11. 2009..The aim of this study was to examine the influence of empowering work conditions and workplace incivility on nurses' experiences of burnout and important nurse retention factors identified in the literature... - Empowerment, engagement and perceived effectiveness in nursing work environments: does experience matter?Heather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 17:636-46. 2009..We examined the impact of empowering work conditions on nurses' work engagement and effectiveness, and compared differences among these relationships in new graduates and experienced nurses... - New graduate nurses' experiences of bullying and burnout in hospital settingsHeather K Spence Laschinger
Health Human Resources Optimization, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Adv Nurs 66:2732-42. 2010.... - Situational and dispositional influences on nurses' workplace well-being: the role of empowering unit leadershipHeather K Spence Laschinger
Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada, Canada
Nurs Res 60:124-31. 2011..Unit-level leadership and structural empowerment play key roles in creating healthy work environments, yet few researchers have examined these contextual effects on nurses' well-being... - The impact of leader-member exchange quality, empowerment, and core self-evaluation on nurse manager's job satisfactionHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 37:221-9. 2007.... - A psychometric analysis of the patient satisfaction with nursing care quality questionnaire: an actionable approach to measuring patient satisfactionHeather Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Care Qual 20:220-30. 2005..The results of this study yielded actionable, patient-focused results that can be used by managers to address areas requiring improvement... - The impact of nursing work environments on patient safety outcomes: the mediating role of burnout/engagementHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 36:259-67. 2006..To test a theoretical model of professional nurse work environments linking conditions for professional nursing practice to burnout and, subsequently, patient safety outcomes... - Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics: making the linkHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
J Nurs Adm 33:410-22. 2003..To test a theoretical model linking nurses' perceptions of workplace empowerment, magnet hospital characteristics, and job satisfaction in 3 independent studies of nurses in different work settings... - The impact of staff nurse empowerment on person-job fit and work engagement/burnoutHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Nurs Adm Q 30:358-67. 2006..The final model fit statistics revealed a good fit (chi2 = 32.4, df = 13, GFI = 0.97, IFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.07). These findings have important implications in the current nursing shortage... - Predictors of nurse managers' health in Canadian restructured healthcare settingsHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) 17:88-105. 2004..The results suggest that creating work environments that provide access to empowerment structures may be a fruitful strategy for creating healthy work environments for nurse managers... - Empowering nurses for work engagement and health in hospital settingsHeather K Spence Laschinger
Nursing Research, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
J Nurs Adm 35:439-49. 2005..A predictive, non-experimental design was used to test the model in a random sample of staff nurses. The authors discuss their findings and the implication for nurse administrators... - Hospital nurses' perceptions of respect and organizational justiceHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 34:354-64. 2004..To test an exploratory model of the antecedents and consequences of nurses' perceptions of respect in hospitals... - Staff nurse empowerment in line and staff organizational structures for chief nurse executivesSue Matthews
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 36:526-33. 2006..The authors tested a model linking chief nurse executive (CNE) organizational structures (line and staff) to staff nurse perceptions of workplace empowerment in 2 large Canadian hospitals... - Nursing professional practice environments: setting the stage for constructive conflict resolution and work effectivenessHeidi Siu
School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Adm 38:250-7. 2008.... - Nurses' perceptions of the impact of a renal nursing professional practice model on nursing outcomes, characteristics of practice environments and empowerment--Part IILori Harwood
Adam Linton Hemodialysis Unit, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
CANNT J 17:35-43. 2007..016) measured by the Conditions of Work Effectiveness II (CWEQ-II) questionnaires. This study provides evidence for PPMs and primary nursing as effective frameworks to positively impact nursing and patient outcomes in a hemodialysis unit... - Effects of work environments on nurse and patient outcomesNancy Purdy
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:901-13. 2010..To determine the relationship between nurses' perceptions of their work environment and quality/risk outcomes for patients and nurses in acute care settings... - Nurses' perceptions of the impact of a renal nursing professional practice model on nursing outcomes, characteristics of practice environments and empowerment--Part ILori Harwood
Adam Linton Hemodialysis Unit, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario
CANNT J 17:22-9. 2007..016) measured by the Conditions of Work Effectiveness II (CWEQ-II) Questionnaires. This study provides evidence for PPMs and primary nursing as effective frameworks to positively impact nursing and patient outcomes in a hemodialysis unit... - Authentic leadership and nurses' voice behaviour and perceptions of care qualityCarol A Wong
Faculty of Health Sciences, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:889-900. 2010..The purpose of the present study was to test a theoretical model linking authentic leadership with staff nurses' trust in their manager, work engagement, voice behaviour and perceived unit care quality... - The effects of emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour on emergency staff nurses' workplace empowerment and organizational commitmentCarol Young-Ritchie
Medicine and Family Medicine Services, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada
Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) 22:70-85. 2009..05; CFI=.99, IFI=.99, RMSEA=.08). Perceived emotionally intelligent leadership behaviour had a strong direct effect on structural empowerment (beta=.54), which in turn had a strong direct effect on organizational commitment (beta=.61)... - Effects of workplace incivility and empowerment on newly-graduated nurses' organizational commitmentLesley Marie Smith
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:1004-15. 2010.... - Antecedents and consequences of intra-group conflict among nursesJoan Almost
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:981-92. 2010..To test a theoretical model linking selected antecedent variables to intra-group conflict among nurses, and subsequently conflict management style, job stress and job satisfaction... - Clinical educators' empowerment, job tension, and job satisfaction: A test of Kanter's TheoryMary Anne Davies
London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurses Staff Dev 22:78-86. 2006..In addition, the combination of high levels of empowerment and low levels of job tension was predictive of high levels of job satisfaction. Implications for staff development administrators are discussed... - Relationships among leadership practices, work environments, staff communication and outcomes in long-term careAnn Tourangeau
Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Manag 18:1060-72. 2010..To examine the role that work relationships have on two long-term care outcomes: job satisfaction and turnover intention... - Building healthy workplaces: time to act on the evidenceHeather K Spence Laschinger
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Healthc Pap 7:42-5; discussion 109-19. 2007..Stronger incentives must be put in place to ensure that current healthcare settings meet evidence-based standards for healthy work environments... - The influence of leadership practices and empowerment on Canadian nurse manager outcomesHeather K Spence Laschinger
Distinguished University Professor, Arthur Labatt Family Nursing Research Chair in Health and Human Resources Optimization Associate Professor Research Coordinator Undergraduate Nursing Student Graduate Nursing Student, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Nurs Manag 20:877-88. 2012.... - Relationships of work and practice environment to professional burnout: testing a causal modelMichael P Leiter
Occupational Health and Wellness, Centre for Organizational Research and Development, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nurs Res 55:137-46. 2006..Research has established clear links between nurses' experience of professional burnout and many qualities of work environments but more work is needed to clarify interrelationships among aspects of complex organizational settings... - The impact of nurse turnover on patient, nurse, and system outcomes: a pilot study and focus for a multicenter international studyPat Griffin
University of Toronto and Canadian Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CHSRF/CIHR, National Chair in Nursing Human Resources
Policy Polit Nurs Pract 7:169-79. 2006..The results provided significant evidence to justify increased emphasis on nurse retention strategies and the creation of healthy work environments for nurses... - Nurse turnover: a literature reviewLaureen J Hayes
Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Int J Nurs Stud 43:237-63. 2006..Further research is needed to examine the impact of turnover on health system cost, and how nurse turnover influences patient and nurse outcomes...