| Friday, July 15, 2005: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM | |||
| Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Research on Nursing Morale | |||
| Learning Objective #1: Understand different research approaches to study the phenomenon of nurses' morale | |||
| Learning Objective #2: Obtain greater insights into the methodological and conceptual issues in the examination and measurement of morale | |||
| The symposium will discuss research approaches to developing a greater understanding of the determinants of staff morale among Australian Registered Nurses. The session will discuss quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches used in this research project as well as other research into morale and other related professions. The symposium will address specific methodological challenges with different approaches to examining and measuring morale. | |||
| Organizer: | Jeanne Madison, RN, MPH, PhD | ||
| Presenters: | Gary E. Day, RN, EM, DipAppSc, BNurs, MHM, AFCHSE, CHE Jeanne Madison, RN, MPH, PhD Carol Windsor, BA, RN | ||
| Historical Perspectives of Morale Research Gary E. Day, RN, EM, DipAppSc(Nursing, Mgt), BNurs, MHM, AFCHSE, CHE | |||
| Conceptualising Morale from an Interactionist Perspective Carol Anne Windsor, BA, RN | |||
| A Quantitative Approach to Measuring Morale Gary E. Day, RN, EM, DipAppSc, BNurs, MHM, AFCHSE, CHE, Jeanne Madison, RN, MPH, PhD | |||
| Using mixed methodology to explore complex concepts like nursing morale Jeanne Madison, RN, MPH, PhD | |||