Organizational characteristics as predictors of nurses' psychological work reactions

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 559-584

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

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c Masstricht University ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Division on Health of the Health Care Worker   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congruence; Contingency approach; Emotional exhaustion; Environmental uncertainty; Intrinsic work motivation; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645557382     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605059455     Document Type: Review

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