New graduate nurses' experiences of bullying and burnout in hospital settings

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2732-2742

  Laschinger, Heather K Spence ^a   Grau, Ashley L ^a   Finegan, Joan ^a   Wilk, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bullying; Burnout; Canada; New graduates; Nursing; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; BURNOUT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BULLYING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79551495569     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05420.x     Document Type: Article

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