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Showing papers by "Joan R. Bloom published in 1980"


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TL;DR: This paper examined the extent to which variations in the perceptions of job characteristics may be associated, not with objective task characteristics, but with perceptual biases refl ecting the perception of the task characteristics.
Abstract: The study reported here examines the extent to which variations in the perceptions of job characteristics may be associated, not with objective task characteristics, but with perceptual biases refl...

123 citations


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TL;DR: Social characteristics possessed by members of nursing teams were predicted to affect the process and outcome of group decision-making, and the development of an information specialist role such as has been found in other research on interaction in all-female groups is interpreted.

13 citations


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TL;DR: In collective bargaining, the nurses' definition of a situation might be quite different from that of health service management; thus, their reasons for striking and their assessment of the bargaining issues would not be congruent with those of management.
Abstract: In collective bargaining, the nurses' definition of a situation might be quite different from that of health service management; thus, their reasons for striking and their assessment of the bargaining issues would not be congruent with those of management.

10 citations