Contribution of job strain to nurses' consideration of leaving the profession - Results from the longitudinal European nurses' early exit study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Hasselhorn, Hans Martin ^a   Conway, Paul Maurice ^b,d   Widerszal Bazyl, Maria ^c   Simon, Michael ^a   Tackenberg, Peter ^a   Schmid, Sascha ^a   Camerino, Donatella ^b   Müller, Bernd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand control model; Turnover

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TURNOVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHANGE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 51349096427     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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