Personality factors predicting changes in shift work tolerance: A longitudinal study among nurses working rotating shifts

Work and Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-160

  Saksvik Lehouillier, Ingvild ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b   Hetland, Hilde ^a   Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim ^a   Moen, Bente E ^a,b   Magerøy, Nils ^b,c   Harvey, Allison ^a,d   Costa, Giovanni ^e   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Uni Health   (Norway)

^d University of California ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

hardiness; longitudinal; nurses; personality; shift work tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861858124     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2012.686344     Document Type: Article

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