Managing work-family conflict in the medical profession: working conditions and individual resources as related factors

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Mache, Stefanie ^a   Bernburg, Monika ^b   Vitzthum, Karin ^b   Groneberg, David A ^c   Klapp, Burghard F ^b   Danzer, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965187861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-006871     Document Type: Article

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