Personality, organizational stress, and attitudes toward work as prospective predictors of professional burnout in hospital nurses

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 538-549

  Hudek Knežević, Jasna ^a   Maglica, Barbara Kalebić ^a   Krapić, Nada ^a  

^a Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONSCIENCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; NEUROSIS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053548963     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.538     Document Type: Article

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