Characteristics of shift work and their impact on employee performance and wellbeing: A literature review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-27

  Dall'Ora, Chiara ^a   Ball, Jane ^a   Recio Saucedo, Alejandra ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Burnout, Professional; Job performance; Job satisfaction; Patient safety; Personnel turnover; Quality of health care; Shift length; Shift work

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84960840153     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.01.007     Document Type: Review

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