Emotional rescue: The role of emotional intelligence and emotional labour on well-being and job-stress among community nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-186

  Karimi, Leila ^a   Leggat, Sandra G ^a   Donohue, Lisa ^b   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Couper, Greta E ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Northcentral University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Emotional dissonance; Emotional intelligence; Emotional labour; Job stress; Nurses midwives nursing; Structural equation modelling; Well being

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 84889647030     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12185     Document Type: Article

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