Job stress, achievement motivation and occupational burnout among male nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1592-1601

  Hsu, Hsiu Yueh ^a   Chen, Sheng Hwang ^b   Yu, Hsing Yi ^c   Lou, Jiunn Horng ^b  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Job stress; Male nurses; Occupational burnout; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALE NURSE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSES, MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954184664     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05323.x     Document Type: Article

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