The impact of time at work and time off from work on rule compliance: The case of hand hygiene in health care

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 846-862

  Dai, Hengchen ^a   Milkman, Katherine L ^a   Hofmann, David A ^b   Staats, Bradley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Job demands; Job design; Work recovery; Workplace compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84946169822     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: 19391854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038067     Document Type: Article

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