Occupational stress, job satisfaction and job performance among hospital nurses in Kampala, Uganda

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 760-768

  Nabirye, Rose C ^a   Brown, Kathleen C ^a   Pryor, Erica R ^b   Maples, Elizabeth H ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Hospital nurses; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Occupational stress; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052535398     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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