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Organizational culture was used as a general framework for a causal modeling study
examining the relationships of work environment with staff beliefs about caregiving
and aggression. Specifically, staff who perceived the organization as emphasizing
control at the expense of growth and relationship issues would be more controlling
in their approach to patients and perceive more aggression. A sample of 162 nursing
staff participated from three hospitals. The results indicated that 10% of Aggression
was predicted by two model variables indicating control. During exploratory model
testing however, age, sex, socioeconomic status and satisfaction with the hospital
were all predictive of a controlling belief about caretaking or aggression.
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Supported in part by a Health Promotion Fellowship, School of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire, 1992.
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© 1998 W.B. Saunders Company. Published by Elsevier Inc.
