A Job Diagnostic Survey of Nursing Home Caregivers: Implications of Job Redesign

Publication Date

1988

Description

Nursing home caregiving was analyzed as a job, subject to management intervention. Specifically examined was the usefulness of job redesign, a managerial intervention used to enhance worker motivation and effectiveness. Information from interviews with administrators was combined with survey data from aides and LPNs (n= 489) in 21 nursing homes to assess to need for, and feasibility of, redesign of caregiving work. Implementation principles and examples are included.

Journal

Gerontologist

Volume

28

Issue

2

First Page

246

Last Page

252

Department

Psychology

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