Optimism in health workers and its relationship with quality of life, burnout syndrome, and organizational environment;El optimismo de los profesionales sanitarios y su relación con la calidad de vida, el burnout y el clima organizacional

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 370-376

  Grau, Armand ^a   Suñer, Rosa ^b   García, Maria M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE FIGUERES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data collection; Job satisfaction; Occupational burnout; Optimism; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 30944436808     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1134-282X(05)70780-6     Document Type: Article

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