Acceleration in the care of older adults: New demands as predictors of employee burnout and engagement

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1525-1538

  Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a   Ulferts, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Burnout; Care of older adults; Engagement; Job demands; Nursing; Social acceleration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878652985     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12011     Document Type: Article

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