SHARED GOVERNANCE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: A CRITICAL HERMENEUTIC STUDY OF THE NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION IN NURSING ORGANIZATIONS.
Contributors: University of San Francisco.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Health Care Management.; Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations.
Description: This critical hermeneutic study investigated shared governance as an alternative to collective bargaining as a singular directive for nursing management. The research mode was participatory and data were collected through conversations and their transcriptions. The subsequent transcripts were analyzed by the researcher to identify common themes in the texts. The study indicated that health care is experiencing a legitimation crisis and is in need of a transformation with promises of a new paradigm that will provide a framework for restructure and redesign of the present system. The findings suggest recommendations for hospital and nursing organizations, nurse managers and staff nurses, collective bargaining units and schools of nursing.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-03, Section: B, page: 1331.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1993.

School code: 6019.