International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 23 Issue 8/9

Healthcare restructuring in Canada

Ronald J. Burke

Expounds that in hospitals the organizational restructuring, downsizing and retrenchment currently being carried out in a complicated and demanding change which is unlikely to be…

The effects of hospital restructuring that included layoffs on individual nurses who remained employed: a systematic review of impact

Greta Cummings, Carole A. Estabrooks

The study purpose was to assess the evidence on the effects of hospital restructuring that included layoffs, on nurses who remained employed, using a systematic review of the…

Part‐time and casual nursing work: the perils of healthcare restructuring

Doris Grinspun

Focuses on nursing in the context of a broader analysis of flexible labour markets, with a focus on part‐time and casual work, which thousands of nurses in Canada have been forced…

Nurse absenteeism, stress and workplace injury: what are the contributing factors and what can/should be done about it?

Judith Shamian, Linda O’Brien‐Pallas, Donna Thomson, Chris Alksnis, Michael Steven Kerr

States Canadian governments have, after a decade of health care downsizing, started to focus on issues of health human resources. Posits that nurses in particular experience…

Dimensions of control and nurses’ reactions to hospital amalgamation

Marjorie Armstrong‐Stassen, Sheila J. Cameron

This longitudinal panel study examined the relationship of three dimensions of control (personal, job and organizational) assessed in the initial phase of a hospital amalgamation…

Nursing staff attitudes following restructuring: the role of perceived organizational support, restructuring processes and stressors

Ronald J. Burke

This study, using a longitudinal design, examined the relationship of perceived organizational support (POS) and job satisfaction among hospital‐based nursing staff survivors of…