Are emotional labour strategies by nurses associated with psychological costs? A cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1450-1461

  Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a   Diestel, Stefan ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control resources; Deep acting; Nursing staff; Self regulation; Surface acting

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84908159307     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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