Job stress and satisfaction among nurses: Individual differences

Stress Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-89

  Kirkcaldy, B D ^a,b   Martin, T ^a  

^a International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Job satisfaction; Nurses; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034116080     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200003)16:2<77::AID-SMI835>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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