Too Stressed Out to Participate? Examining the Relation Between Stressors and Survey Response Behavior

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-243

  Barr, Christopher D ^a   Spitzmüller, Christiane ^a,b   Stuebing, Karla K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

job stress; nonresponse; organizational surveys; survey design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE STRESS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ROLE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 46749090409     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.13.3.232     Document Type: Article

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