The Job Context Index: a guide for improving the 'fit' between nurses and their work environment

Stress and burnout have reached crisis levels among hospital nurses The authors of this paper address this problem with the development of a scale to improve the ‘fit’ between a nurse and his/her work environment, there by potentially increasing satisfaction, and reducing stress and burnout Approxim...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of advanced nursing 1989-06, Vol.14 (6), p.501-508
Hauptverfasser: Mansfield, Phyllis Kernoff, Yu, Lucy C, McCool, William, Vicary, Judith R, Packard, John S
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