Work engagement in cancer workers in Queensland: The flip side of burnout

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-432

  Poulsen, Michael G ^a   Poulsen, Anne A ^b   Khan, Asaduzzaman ^b   Poulsen, Emma E ^b   Khan, Shanchita R ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

health professional; occupational stress; oncology; work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SHIFT WORKER; SINGLE MAN; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051911256     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02281.x     Document Type: Article

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