Work organization, work characteristics, and their psychological effects on nurses in The Netherlands

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-206

  Tummers, Gladys E R ^a   Landeweerd, Jan A ^a   Van Merode, Godefridus G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Decision authority; Intrinsic work motivation; Nurses; Social support; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036273928     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015519815319     Document Type: Article

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