Examines the effects of hospital restructuring and downsizing on components of psychological burnout experienced by a predominantly female sample of hospital‐based nursing staff. Collects data from 1,362 staff nurses using anonymous questionnaires Considers three components of psychological burn‐out: emotional exhaustion, cynicism and prfessional efficacy. Includes three blocks of predictors: personal demographics, work situation characteristics, and three different measures of demands resulting from a restructuring experience. Concludes the experience of hospital restructuring and downsizing was consistently related to a high level of emotional exhaustion and cynicism, controlling for personal demographic and work situation characteristics.
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Hospital restructuring and psychological burnout in nursing staff
Esther R. Greenglass
Esther R. Greenglass
York University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7093
Print ISSN: 0261-0159
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2001
Equal Opportunities International (2001) 20 (1-2): 61–71.
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Burke RJ, Greenglass ER (2001), "Hospital restructuring and psychological burnout in nursing staff". Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 20 No. 1-2 pp. 61–71, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150110786714
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