Determinants of burnout among public hospital nurses

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-16

  Spooner Lane, Rebecca ^a   Patton, Wendy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job specific stressors; Organisational support; Role stressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949129847     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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