Role stress and job satisfaction for nurse specialists

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-509

  Chen, Yao Mei ^a   Chen, Sue Hui ^b   Tsai, Chiu Yueh ^b   Lo, Liang Yueh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced nursing practice; Five Factor Model; Management; Organizational behaviour; Questionnaire; Stress; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547680469     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04339.x     Document Type: Article

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