The rise of evidence‐based medicine and more recently evidence‐based policy reflect the increasing importance of evidence as a basis for the organisation and delivery of health care. Evidence‐based practice is central to the “modernisation” of health care in current UK policy. The...

Purpose – To examine the literature on employee morale and to construct a model of this area pertaining to nurses. This framework seeks to present morale in a holistic manner, illustrating the causal factors that influence nursing morale, the changes that occur in morale when these input...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how organisational frames of reference, which are neither not appropriately communicated nor supported, affect the wellbeing of workers. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the literature is used to develop a new model linking...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore the insights of experienced nurses regarding initiatives they believe would effectively retain nurses like themselves in the nursing profession. Design/methodology/approach – As part of a qualitative investigation into the perceptions of...

Purpose – The purpose to clarify what kind of managerial challenges employees experience regarding organisational justice in hospitals. Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory study of 8,971 employees working in 14 hospitals and examines the concept of organisational justice in...

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore health professionals' views and experiences regarding the work culture that exists in their hospital units, and further how patients influence these experiences. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a qualitative approach involving...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the influence of age and age‐related attitudes on relationship factors. In addition, it seeks to assess how both factors affect care service work performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores the influence of age and age‐related...

Purpose – Allied health professionals are vital for effective healthcare yet there are continuing shortages of these employees. Building on work with other healthcare professionals, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of psychological contract (PC) breach and types of...