Pay practices and safety organizing: evidence from hospital nursing units.

Samantha A Conroy; Timothy J Vogus

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Pay practices and safety organizing: evidence from hospital nursing units.

December 13, 2023

Conroy SA, Vogus TJ. Health Care Manage Rev. 2023;49(1):68-73.

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Becoming a high reliability organization remains challenging due to the many contributing factors involved. This study linked unit-level nurse pay to high reliability characteristics of information sharing and safety organizing. Higher minimum pay, higher average pay, and lower pay dispersion are positively associated with information sharing and safety organizing.

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