title: The social climate scale. A tool for organizational change and development.
abstract: The positive outcomes of the changed healthcare environment are now being realized. The present decade will influence more change and development in organizations and nursing practice to solidify the advances of such outcomes. The effects of outcomes on the work environment and job satisfaction of nurses now must be analyzed. Assessment of social climate via the Work Environment Scale offers nurse executives a valid and reliable means of analysis.
authors.affiliation: Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital, Ohio.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Flarey
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012931:Social Environment; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires