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The Gerontologist 40:358-363 (2000)
© 2000 The Gerontological Society of America

Reducing Turnover and Improving Health Care in Nursing Homes

The Potential Effects of Self-Managed Work Teams

Dale E. Yeatts, PhDa and Rudy Ray Seward, PhDa

a Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Correspondence: Dale E. Yeatts, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203. E-mail: yeatts{at}scs.cmm.unt.edu.

Decision Editor: Nancy Morrow Howell, ACSW, PhD

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.

Key Words: Nursing homes • Long-term care • Employee turnover • Health care • Self-managed work teams • Employee satisfaction




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