Reducing turnover and improving health care in nursing homes: the potential effects of self-managed work teams.
This article describes the use of self-managed work teams (SMWTs) in a nursing home, their potential impacts on the provision of health care and employee satisfaction and turnover, and the factors reported to be important to SMWT effectiveness. Three SMWTs in a midsized nursing home in Wisconsin provide examples. Steps for implementing SMWTs are described.
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Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton 76203, USA. yeatts@scs.cmm.unt.edu
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D003657:Decision Making; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011787:Quality of Health Care