Work Empowerment as Experienced by Nurses in Elderly Care

The impact of psychological empowerment and organisational commitment on Chinese nurses’ job satisfaction

“…However, one study from Finland showed that nurses working in elderly care units were at a strong level of empowerment (Suominen, Savikko, Kiviniemi, Doran, & Leino-kilpi, 2008). This result could not be validated in this study as participants were younger and had worked fewer years.…”

Nurses’ perceived work‐related empowerment in Lithuanian context

“…The Work Empowerment Questionnaire has previously been used in other countries (8–11, 14, 27), and was used for the first time in Lithuania. It seems that the questionnaire is valid and reliable for the Lithuanian nurses as evidenced by significant relationships between the empowerment subscales and the background variables, and as evidenced by high Cronbach’s alpha for the general empowerment was 0.94.…”

Health Against the Odds: Experiences of Employees in Elder Care From a Gender Perspective

“…The gender order of society creates women-dominated workplaces based on ideas about what is feminine, and this preconditions the employees' health experiences. One example of this is the contradiction between the employees' own view of their work as important and valuable and the low-status perception of their work on the part of society, which was documented earlier (Suominen et al, 2008). The low opinion of elder care is also interrelated with other power structures of society, such as negative attitudes toward aging and the aged (Lovell, 2006).…”