Are immigrants in the nursing industry at increased risk of bullying at work? A one-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Hogh, Annie ^a,b   Carneiro, Isabella Gomes ^b   Giver, Hanne ^b   Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bullying; Clients; Co workers; Immigrants; Managers; Non Western; Prospective study; Residents; Supervisors; Western

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIGRATION; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BULLYING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78651510715     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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