Nurses' exhaustion: The role of flow at work between job demands and job resources

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E12-E22

  Zito, Margherita ^a   Cortese, Claudio G ^a   Colombo, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exhaustion; Flow at work; Job demands resources model; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84956656337     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12284     Document Type: Article

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