Actual and ideal conflict styles and job distress in a health care organization

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-15

  Reich, Warren A ^a,c   Wagner Westbrook, Bonnie J ^b   Kressel, Kenneth ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Family Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict styles; Job burnout; Self discrepancy

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33847664631     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.141.1.5-15     Document Type: Review

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