The psychosocial work environment and burnout among Swedish registered and assistant nurses: The main, mediating, and moderating role of empowerment

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-211

  Hochwälder, Jacek ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; Empowerment; Nurses; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547852455     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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