Role conflict, role ambiguity, and burnout in nurses and physicians at a university hospital in Turkey

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-416

  Tunc, Tulin ^a   Kutanis, Rana Ozen ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burnout; Health care professionals; Nurses; Physicians; Role ambiguity; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE CONFLICT; SELF ESTEEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 70449572150     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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